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Stone Of Morphie
Grave (Early Medieval)(Possible), Standing Stone (Prehistoric) - (Early Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Stone Of Morphie
Classification Grave (Early Medieval)(Possible), Standing Stone (Prehistoric) - (Early Medieval)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Stone Of Morphy
Canmore ID 36379
Site Number NO76SW 6
NGR NO 71700 62748
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/36379
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish St Cyrus
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Kincardineshire
NO76SW 6 7169 6273.
(NO 7169 6273) Stone of Morphie (NR)
OS 1:10000 map (1976)
A standing stone, as described.
Visited by OS (RL) 19 December 1967.
Field Visit (September 1981)
Stone of Morphie NO 716 627 NO76SW 6
This standing stone (measuring 1m by 0.7m at the base and 3.4m in height) is immediately S of the public road in the stackyard of Stone of Morphie farm. Traditionally said (New Statistical Account [NSA] 1845) to mark the grave of a son of Camus, killed in a battle between the Scots and the Danes. Shortly before 1856 it was knocked down and digging prior to re-erection revealed 'portions of a skeleton'.
RCAHMS 1982, visited September 1981
(Stuart 1856, xix)
