Groaning Stone
Stone (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Groaning Stone
Classification Stone (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Granage Stone; Grenegle Stone; Chronicle Stone; Battle Of Barra
Canmore ID 19660
Site Number NJ82NW 32
NGR NJ 8217 2760
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19660
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Meldrum
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ82NW 32 8217 2760.
(NJ 8217 2760) Groaning Stone (NR)
OS 6" map, (1959)
The name applies to a mass of rock known variously as Granage Stone, Grenegle Stone, Chronicle Stone etc but Groaning Stone is the proper name. It is said that this was the spot where Comyn, (Earl of Buchan) fell when pursued by Bruce's troops at the Battle of Barra (NJ72NE 4).
Name Book 1867.
Groaning Stone, name confirmed, a natural boulder, roughly triangular measuring 2.0m wide and 1.0m thick by 1.6 m high.
Resurvyed at 1:2500
Visited by OS (RL) 4 April 1972.
There is no change to the existing record.
Visited by RCAHMS (ATW, JRS), 29 January 1997.
