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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site of THE LECTURE STANE | Site of Lecture Stane. Site of Lecture Stane Site of Lecture Stane The Lecture Stane The Lecture Stane |
Mr. Peter Craig (Schoolmaster Cleish) Walter Baillie (Cogfauld) Rev. [Reverend] Mr. Ross. New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] Fullertons Gazetteer. |
030 | [Situation] About 1/4 Mile S.E. [South East] of Cleish. This Stone until a few years ago Stood a little north of Nivingston House on the South Side of the public Road. It was a large Whin Stone of a very hard description insomuch that many attempts failed to blow it asunder with powder, at last the ambition of a Road maker was aroused to try his might on the Stone in Consequence of Supernatural power attributed to it and managed to Smash it in many pieces. There is a tradition in the locality that the stone was used in Romish times on burial occasions. See New Statistical Account. |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 41 Plan 30A Trace No.7 Parish of Cleish
[Note:] "About 1/4 of a Mile east from the Church,
in a Stone dike opposite Nivingston House,
Stands a large rock, which deserves notice. It is
called The Lecture Stone, and was used, it
Seems, before the Reformation at funerals, as a support
for the Coffins at the time that the burial Service
was read. There is a large hole it, which was
made many years ago with the view of bursting
it with powder." New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account]"
Not so written on plan.
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties, OS Name Books - Fife and Kinross county - Volume 4 - Parishes of Cleish, Fossaway and Kinross, OS1/13/4
This volume contains information on the place names found in the parishes of Cleish, Fossaway, and Kinross.
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties
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