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Liggars' Stane
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Liggars' Stane
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Harlaw House; Battle Of Harlaw
Canmore ID 18980
Site Number NJ72SW 11
NGR NJ 7457 2485
NGR Description NJ 7457 2485; removed to NJ 7470 2488
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/18980
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Chapel Of Garioch
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ72SW 11 7457 2485 removed to 7470 2488.
(NJ 7457 2485) Liggars' Stane (NR) (site of).
OS 6" map, Aberdeenshire, 2nd ed., (1901)
The Liggars' Stane is a large whinstone, about 7 ft (2.13m) high and 2 ft 0.61m) broad, said to mark the burial-place of the female camp-followers who were slain at the Battle of Harlaw (NJ72SE 6).
'A few years ago, there were two of these stones' but one was broken up and used as building material for a nearby farmhouse.
NSA 1845.
Mr Clark said that the Liggars' Stane is in use as a gate post at the junction of walls at NJ 7470 2488. Although this stone is only 1.6m high it is 0.6m wide and could be the stone described above.
Visited by OS (RD) 6 March 1964; Information from Mr J Clark (Senior), Wester Harlaw.
This stone is still at its modern position.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, IF), 22 February 1996.
