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drewbhoy wrote:
Hello Tiompan I hope your doin fine, Duffus is one, the reference for the stones near Huntly is NJ553425 looking at an OS map.
Fine thanks Drew . Dunno any site at the ref is that a Cradle Stone ? . It's not too far from the Arn Hill ringing stone .

"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"

Yup your correct the Arnhill RSC is across on the other side of the River Deveron. The Cradle Stone (s) are on the Hill Of Mungo. If memory serves me well I'm sure there is a Cradle Stone in Perthshire or Fife. Also I think Auchmaliddle has some cradle connections.

And I will go and look!