Kirkton, Saint Wolock`s Stone
Church (Period Unknown)(Possible), Stone (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Kirkton, Saint Wolock`s Stone
Classification Church (Period Unknown)(Possible), Stone (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Kirkton Graveyard; Walloch's Stone; Church Of Logie-mar; St St Walloch's Stone; St Walock's Stone; St Wallach's Stone; St Wallack's Stone
Canmore ID 17073
Site Number NJ40SW 4
NGR NJ 4364 0240
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/17073
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Logie-coldstone
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ40SW 4 4364 0240
For adjacent burial-ground, see NJ40SW 54.
(NJ 4364 0240) St. Wolock's Stone (NR)
OS 6"map, Aberdeenshire, 2nd ed., (1902)
St. Wolock's Stone, an upright slab of granite 5'5" high, 3'11" broad, 1'4" thick, stands outside the wall of Logie cemetery.
A Ogston 1937.
Simpson, calling it Walloch's stone, states that it probably dates from a period long anterior to St. Walloch (died 733) as churches were often erected in the vicinity of ancient pillar stones.
W D Simpson 1935.
The church of Logie-Mar was dedicated to St. Faelchu or Wallach.
H Scott (Fasti Eccles Scot) 1915-61.
Its site cannot be identified.
Name Book 1870.
St. Wolock's Stone as described. No further information regarding the church.
Visited by OS (R L) 7 November 1968.
Field Visit
This lichen-covered granite standing stone, measuring 1.65m high, 1.4m broad and 0.5m thick, is situated hard up against the external west wall of the Kirkton burial ground (NJ40SW 54) on the east verge of a track that links the A97 and the B9119 public roads. Its upper surface slopes down to the S and its rounded north edge contrasts sharply with its perpendicular counterpart opposite, while its wider flatter west face contrasts with its more rounded and fluted rear. However, despite its resemblance to the west flanker of a recumbent stone circle, there is no evidence that such a monument was situated hereabouts.
The Rev James Wattie reported that 'it stood formerly in the dyke round the burying-ground.' (Stuart 1864-6).
Visited by RCAHMS (ATW), 7 March 2012
