a stone with a hole, Abernethy | Forum

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Penske666 Feb 19, 2008 12:45:36

Replying to Rhiannon

No idea - are there any barrows on Dumbarrow hill or is it named after its shape.

Are there more stones? they could represent boundary markers for the quarry?

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tiompan Feb 19, 2008 13:22:30

Replying to Rhiannon

Rhiannon wrote:

Does this look like anything interesting, to those that know about such things?
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/430565
The RCAHMS record doesn't want to pick a date. There's various stories about it being somewhere to weigh wool. but then 'thirl' seems to have something to do with milling grain. It's on the boundary (where it changes direction). Just strikes me as a lot of effort to go to.

Hello Rhiannon , thirl can mean a hole /aperture ,which would fit the bill here . According to the name book it was used to hold scales at a fair held at the spot . Seeing as it is besides a path/boundary it may also have held some form of marker post . Doesn't look like RA and there is very little in the area .

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FourWinds Feb 19, 2008 18:05:06

Replying to Rhiannon

Rhiannon wrote:

Does this look like anything interesting, to those that know about such things?
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/430565
The RCAHMS record doesn't want to pick a date. There's various stories about it being somewhere to weigh wool. but then 'thirl' seems to have something to do with milling grain. It's on the boundary (where it changes direction). Just strikes me as a lot of effort to go to.

Looks a lot like this one - http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/53129/images/cairn_x2.html - which was made to hold the base of a flag pole.