Branwen wrote:
Thanks for clearing that up. I'm coming across that a lot, where stones close to one another have their attributes crossed. The internet is great but people that write pages without proper research send me off on the wrong track more often than not.
Just thought of another near the Murhtkly Witches stone too . Witches Stone at Meikle Obney NO 041 375 . FWIW , when a stone is called witches stone and it is not a standing stone ther may be a real connection to the trial or killing of a witch or macbeth in the the case of the St. Martins example . but if it is a standing stone it is surely just a post medieval name for something inexplicable and maybe best left alone a bit like a sidhe for a moraine or burial mound . I you can interact with a stone ,slide down it , crawl through it, lift it (just) then it is likely to provide increase solemnise a vow , prove you are stronger than Samson or some local ancient local hero . Sounds as if slidey stones can have any kind of name then Tiompan, not just be called witch stones. Maybe the sliding aspect was such fun, or barren women so persistant, that the practice lasted into modern times, and so became associated with witches at a later period.