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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 721322
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/721322
NX14NW 2 10902 46029
(NX 1089 4602) Murder Stone (NAT)
OS 1:10000 map (1977)
This is a large stone in the wood south of the Lodge, with the word 'murder' cut on its surface. Traditionally this writing dates to before 1551, when the Gordons obtained possession of the lands of Portercherie; at this point a McCulloch killed his rival, the laird of Castle Clanyard.
E M Stewart 1939
As described.
Visited by OS (RD) 8 September 1970
The word 'Murder' has been incised on the upper face of a subrectangular boulder (0.9m long, 0.5m wide and 0.35m thick) set on top of a mound possibly a low cairn (0.3m high and 5m in diameter) 9.8m S of Ardwell Lodge. It is probably of 19th century date and is said to mark the spot where, somtime before 1551, a M'Culloch killed the Laird of Castle Clanyard.
Visited by RCAHMS July 1984
