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Mawhill, The Lecker Stane
Stone (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Mawhill, The Lecker Stane
Classification Stone (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Leckar Stones
Canmore ID 26506
Site Number NO00SE 2
NGR NO 0889 0313
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/26506
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Kinross
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Kinross-shire
NO00SE 2 0889 0313
See also NO00SE 7.
(NO 0889 0313) The Lecker Stane (NAT)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1974)
There is a small cairn called the Leckar Stones on the lands of Mawhill, about a mile W of Kinross.
OSA 1793.
The 'Lecker Stane', Mawhill: This large undressed slab of freestone is laid flat on the top of a low dyke adjoining the W side of the road to Mawhill farmhouse, about half a mile from that steading. It measures 6ft 4ins in average length, 4ft in width E-W, and has an average thickness of 6 to 7ins. The stone, which is known as 'The Lecker Stane', shows no markings. Locally it is asserted that, during the passage of a funeral to the churchyard, the coffin was rested on this stone and 'liquor' was served as a refreshment to the mourners. The explanation of the name is obviously a misunderstanding as several stones in the county (of Fife) are known as 'Lecker' or 'Lecture' Stane. The name clearly reproduces the 'Lykyrstyne' of an early document (Reg Prior S Andree, 1) where it is defined as 'a heap of stones' (acervus lapidum) ie. a burial cairn. The cases cited, however, are single stones.
RCAHMS 1933, visited 1927.
The Lecker Stane, dimensions as given by the RCAHMS, is now placed on two piles of stones at NO 0889 0313, about half a mile SE of Mawhill. It had a rectangular name-plate inserted in the top but this has been removed. The name is still known locally. There is no trace of a cairn.
Visited by OS (R D) 14 December 1967.
Field Visit (3 August 1927)
The "Lecker Stane," Mawhill.
This large undressed slab of freestone is laid flat on the top of a low dike adjoining the west side of the public roadway to Mawhill farmhouse and nearly half a mile to the south-west of that steading. It measures 6 feet 4 inches in average length, 4 feet in width from east to west, and has an average thickness of 6 to 7 inches. The stone, which is known as "The Lecker Stane," shows no markings. Locally it is asserted that, during the passage of a funeral to the churchyard, the coffin was rested on this stone and "liquor" was served as refreshment to the mourners. The explanation of the name is obviously a misunderstanding.*
RCAHMS 1933, visited 3 August 1927.
*Certain stones still bear the name of 'Lecker Stone' or 'Lecture Stane', and others are known to have been called so. The name clearly reproduces the 'Lykrstyne' of an early document (Reg. Prior. S. Andrew., p.1), where it is defined as 'a heap of stones' (acervus lapidum) i.e. a burial cairn. The cases cited, however, are single stones.
