OS1/13/135/1/68
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STANDING STONES [Longloch] | Standing Stones | Revd [Reverend] J Hardie Kinghorn, Mr Aitken Kinghorn, Mr Davidson, Sibbalds His [History] of Fife |
036 | Two unhewn stones about 15 links apart standing in a field about 1/8 of a mile NE of Longloch. Understood by those Gentlemen quoted in the column for Authorities (and m[?] others in the locality) to be erected as a memo[?] of some eminent person who fell here, in a [?] but in what Battle is not known. "Canutus King of Norway sent a fleet with 9000 men. Commanded by his brother. who landing at this place (Kinghorn). overrun & ravaged the adjacent country. But Macbeth Thane of Falkland, and Baucho Thane of Lochaber, defeated them. Baucho allowed the corpses of their chief men to be buried in Inchedin. So saith Boethius. lib 12. You may keep the figure of their monument in the table of the Antiquaries of this Shire. It seems some of the Scots Commanders were killed also; for at the house of Bois-villa Glassmond. in the Hills near the Town. there are two obelisks of rough stones standing erected; which used to be done in Battle for a memorial of eminent killed" Sibbald's Fife & Kinross |
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[Header]Plan 36D Kinghorn Parish 68
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