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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STANDING STONE OF SAUCHOPE | Standing Stone of Sauchope\nStanding Stone of Sauchope\nStanding Stone of Sauchope | Revd. [Reverend William Merson Crail\nMr. Webster Schoolmaster, Crail\nNew Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Fife Page 948 | 020 | [situation] About 30 Chains N.E. by N. [North East by North] from Crail Church\nA stone about four feet high having a cross sculptured on it tho now very much effaced, erected on the south side of the road leading from Crail to Balcomie. It formerly Stood about one hundred yards South of where it is at present and was pointed out as the spot where the encounter took place between Sir William Hope and a French chevalier which ended in the death of the latter |
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78 [page no.] Parish of Crail Plan 20 B Trace 5\nG Text [written very faintly in Orthography column]\n"The only other antiquity in the parish which seems deserving\n"of notice is a stone which stands upon a small tumulus between\n"Crail and Sauchop. A cross is rudely sculptured upon it.\n"Concerning the time or occasion of its erection, there is no tradition." Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] vol.9.p.454\n\n"The stone mentioned in the former Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] as having a cross rudely\n"sculptured on it is no doubt of the same description. It is the one\n"at which Sir William Hope is reported to have killed his challenger."\n[signed] John Early ca [Civilian Assistant]
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties, OS Name Books - Fife and Kinross county - Volume 84 - Parishes of Kilrenny, Kingsbarn and Crail, OS1/13/84
This volume contains information on the place names found in the parishes of Kilrenny, Kingsbarn, and Crail.
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the counties of Fife in the east of Scotland and Kinross in central Scotland. The boundaries of these counties were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.
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