Reference

Date 1903

Event ID 928138

Category Documentary Reference

Type Reference

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/928138

Walton farm-house is situated on the west slope of Walton Hill, 200 feet above sea-level, a mile and a half S.E. of Springfield railway station, and 3 1/2 miles S.W. of Cupar-Fife.

The symbol stone was found on Walton farm, and is now in the possession of Lady Gertrude Cochrane at Crawford Priory, 1/2 a mile S.E. of Springfield railway station. There is an ancient fort close to Walton farm-house, on the N side of it.

The monument is a fragment of a slab of Old Red Sandstone, nearly square in shape (but fragmented along all the edges), 1 foot long by 1 foot wide by from 4 to 5 inches thick, sculptured with incised symbols on one face thus-

Front.- At the top on the left, the head of the eagle symbol; and below in the middle, a circular disc with a somewhat heart-shaped figure on it.

J R Allen and J Anderson 1903