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Calling Tiompan​….Stone of Cockles

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tiompan Sep 30, 2007 10:29:49
Replying to rockartwolf

rockartwolf wrote:
Hi George,

Thought you would be the one to ask about this one, carved spiral, haven't seen it on TMA or BRAC, have you visited it?

Full story from the Scotsman


Brian

Hi Brian , I've never seen it . I think Morris mentions it somewhere and claims it was a local , maybe the initialler . There was a stone with rings found not that far there about 10 years ago and Traprain Law has some fancy stuff but a spiral on a big boulder , as opposed to a vertical surface , or bedrock , in East Lothian does sound a bit iffy .

R Rhiannon
Rhiannon Sep 30, 2007 12:44:55
Replying to tiompan

The folklore mentioned in the newspaper is a bit fishy, isn't it: "According to local legend, it marks the spot where a woman collapsed and died on the road while carrying a basket of cockles back from Haddington market in the early 19th century. Her body was removed, but the cockles were left to rot, and the resulting stench led to a nearby home being named Cockles Cottage."
not to mention the strange remark that the two-tailed spiral 'looks like a cockle' (I think they might need to go and look at a cockle).
'J.J's identity is mentioned on the rockartuk site:
http://rockartuk.fotopic.net/frame_collection_intro.php?id=741993