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Re: Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh: The Slidey Stone
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wideford wrote:
"Burghead Primary School ...one of the stones in the local graveyard ... called “The Cradle Stone or The Baby Rock”
"an old cemetery with stones going back to medieval times, and tales of hearing a child cry if you knock on the 'Cradle Stone', which is situated on the right of the far wan"
"The Old Chapel Yard
It is believed that the original church which stood here was built at the end of the 6th Century. Note the cradle stone on the far wall, (identified by a hollow in the wall) where a child's cry is reputed to be heard if you knock the hollow with a stone"
"A grave slab with a hollowed surface called the Cradle Stone is built into the wall of the old graveyard at the top of Burghead. According to legend if you strike the stone in the hollow, the sound of a baby crying and a cradle rocking will be heard"


Thats the one W . I don't know of any others .


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tiompan
Posted by tiompan
5th October 2009ce
20:49

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