The four remaining kings in more closely-grazed times.
From the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle:
archive.org/stream/newcastleser308sociuoft#page/246
“It is said respecting these, that the whole countryside around here belonged to five brothers who were five kings, and these stones were erected to their memory. I have been told that when the late Dr. Bruce* approached the ‘Five Kings’ he reverently uncovered his head.”
*John Collingwood Bruce – R*man wall expert.
Image credit: J Worsnop (1899)
