The Bull Stone
Stone (Post Medieval)
Site Name The Bull Stone
Classification Stone (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 49659
Site Number NT09NW 2
NGR NT 0332 9970
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/49659
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Fossoway (Perth And Kinross)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Kinross-shire
NT09NW 2 0332 9970.
(NT 0332 9970) Bull Stone (NAT)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1976).
Formerly, there were two stones here; many years ago bulls were tied to them and baited with dogs.
Name Book 1854.
The Bull Stone is built against the dike on the N side of an old roadway. It is a huge sandstone boulder and was probably an old boundary mark, or it may have some association with the sport of bull-baiting. It is not set up vertically, but lies on its side, about 3 1/2ft above the ground, with a girth of about 13ft at the base.
RCAHMS 1933, visited 1927.
This boulder, generally as described by the RCAHMS, has been severely damaged, probably by frost, but some attempt has been made to repair it with concrete. There is nothing to suggest the purpose of the stone. Visited by OS(WDJ) 12 December 1967.
Field Visit (2 August 1927)
Bull Stone, Crook of Devon.
Built against the dike on the north side of an old roadway, half a mile to the south of Crook of Devon, is a huge sandstone boulder known as "The Bull Stone." It is probably an old boundary mark or, like the Leslie Stone (NO20SE 7), it may have some association with the old-time pastime of bull-baiting. The stone was broken up a number of years ago, and the fragments were carted away to be built up in another dike hard by, but, in response to public agitation, they were returned to the original site and cemented together. The boulder rises about 3 ½ feet above ground and has a girth of about 13 feet at the base. It is not set up vertically, but lies on its side.
RCAHMS 1933, visited 2 August 1927.
