Corsedardar

NO59SE 3 5954 9397.

(NO 5954 9397) Stone (NAT)

OS 6" map, (1959)

Corsearder or Corsedardar Stone, a squarish block of reddish granite, about 4'7" in maximum height and 7' in girth, which was dug up many years before 1842 and was erected on top of the hill of Corsedardar, in the belief that it had marked the grave of some eminent person. The stone has been split, and now has the two portions set into a bed of concrete and pieced together by strong iron bands.

Tradition says that it marks the spot where Dardanas, a Pictish king, was killed.

New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845; Name Book 1865; F R Coles 1905; J Ritchie 1919.

A stone, 1.5m high, 0.8m wide, and 0.2m thick, generally as described, and possibly a cist slab.

Visited by OS (R L) 12 June 1972.

Formerly on SW side of road which has been re-aligned on 1:10,000 map (1982) - not published (presumably

destroyed).

The stone now stands on the NE side of the road.

Information from RCAHMS (IF), 9 April 2002.