Neilston, 'neil's Stone'
Cross (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Neilston, 'neil's Stone'
Classification Cross (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Canmore ID 42978
Site Number NS45NE 11
NGR NS 4786 5682
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/42978
- Council East Renfrewshire
- Parish Neilston (Renfrew)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Renfrew
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS45NE 11 4786 5682.
(NS 4786 5682) Neil's Stone (NR) (site of)
OS 6" map (1970)
A tradition exists of a combat between two chiefs named Arthur and Neil. Both died of their wounds, the former being buried at the site of the Arthurlie Cross (of 10th - 11th century date: see NS45NE 5) while the latter was buried at Cross Stone Brae south of Neilston village, where a sepulchral cross is known to have been standing at the end of the 18th century.
T E Cooke 1873
The Ordnance Survey Name Book (ONB), indicating that "Neil's Stone" had stood here, repeats the tradition, and adds that the parish name derives from it. However, Barrow states that the parish name presumably means "Nigel's tun or manor", the Nigel or Neil in question probably being a sub-tenant under the Crocs (of Crookston) in the 12th century.
Name Book 1857; G W S Barrow 1973
No information regarding the present location of this stone was obtained during field investigation. The site is at present a piece of waste ground.
Visited by OS (JHO) 12 March 1951.
