At a little distance westward from Largo, in the middle of a park on the north side of the road, is the celebrated curiosity called ‘The Standing Stanes O’ Lundie.‘ Three tall straight sharp stones, resembling whales jaws more than any thing else, rear themselves at the distance of a few yards from each other, and, though several yards high, are supposed to pierce the ground to same depth. According to the common people, they are monuments to the memory of three Danish generals slain here in battle; but it is more probable they are of Roman origin, it being the site of a Roman town.
Robert Chambers, 1827