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Field Visit
Date 7 September 1925
Event ID 1098746
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1098746
"St. Margaret's Stone."
This stone is set up on a modern support within a stone-built recess on the west side of the public road from Dunfermline at a distance of about ¼ mile north of Rosyth Halt. It stands with its main axis due north and south and measures 8 feet 6 inches by 4 feet 7 inches by 1 foot 6 inches. On one side the entire surface is cup-marked, the markings varying in size from 1 ¼ inches to 3 ¼ inches and having an average depth of from ½ to ¾ inch.
The original position of the stone is unknown, but it is popularly associated with Queen Margaret and bears an incised panel on which is cut "St. Margaret's Stone" in letters 3 inches high. The following inscription has been added on the modern support: ACCORDING TO TRADITION MARGARET AFTERWARDS QUEEN OF MALCOLM CANMORE RESTED ON THE ABOVE STONE A.D. 1069 WHEN ON HER WAY TO DUNFERMLINE.
RCAHMS 1933, visited 7 September 1925.
