Archaeology Notes

Event ID 710036

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT07NE 7 0808 7759.

(NT 0808 7759) Justice Stone (NR)

OS 6" map (1967)

For possible standing stone nearby, see NT07NE 105.

This stone is said to be a place of meeting by the Barons and Knights for the purpose of tournaments or jousts, and therefore called 'Jousting Stone' (S B Hare). Disputes are said to have been settled by the Barons and Magistrates in early times at this stone (J Robertson and S Younger).

Name Book 1855

This stone is 2 3/4' high, has an average breadth of 2' 10", and a girth at base of 8 1/2'. It is traditionally spoken of as the site of ancient meetings.

RCAHMS 1929, visited 1926

The "Justice Stone" is an undressed block of whinstone, as described by RCAHMS. It bears no inscription or symbols, and is situated in the Hopetoun Wood by the side of a track.

Visited by OS (JD) 30 December 1952

OS (JD) confirmed.

Visited by OS (JP) 25 March 1974.