Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justice Stone | Justice Stone Justice Stone Jousting Stone |
James Robertson Sampson Younger Mr. S. B. Hare |
002 | [Situation] About 7/8 mile South of Abercorn village. A Coarse Stone Standing on end, in Hopetoun Wood where disputes are said to have been settled by the Barons and Magistrates in Old times. It stands about 3 feet high and is about 3 feet long & 3 feet Broad. Mr. S.B. Hare Considers that it was a place of Meeting by the Barons & Knights for the purpose of Tournaments, or Jousts and therefore called "Jousting Stone" "In the Wood of Abercorn there is a coarse grey Stone Standing on end which tradition intimates to have been the appropriate site of ancient meetings" Chalmers Caledonia, vol. II p. 839 |
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Sheet 2 -- No.14 -- Parish of Abercorn
[Note] -- "In the Wood of Abercorn there is a coarse grey Stone Standing on end which tradition intimates to have been the appropriate Site of ancient meetings" -- Chalmers Caledonia, vol. [volume] 2 page 839
Ordnance Survey - West Lothian county, OS Name Books - West Lothian county - Volume 3 - Parish of Abercorn, OS1/34/3
This volume contains information on place names found in the West Lothian parish of Abercorn.
Ordnance Survey - West Lothian county
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 county of West Lothian, which is in central Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.