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Reference
Date 1853
Event ID 689295
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/689295
NO47NE 1 4844 7976.
(NO 4844 7976) Cross Stone (NR)
OS 6" map, Forfarshire and Angus, 2nd ed., (1902)
A large whinstone, crudely incised with a cross. According to local tradition, Bruce planted his standard on it. It was moved to its present position from another part of the hill within living memory; it may have been connected with St. Drostan's religious establishment, for 'Droustie's Meadow' is close to the spot, and it is possible that the stone may have originated from the 'Meadow' or from the site of the church of Droustie (NO48SW 4).
A Jervise 1853.
