Laggangarn Standing Stone
Two cross-marked standing stones, of grey Silurian sandstone,
traditionally said to be the survivors of a group of fourteen,
seven of which remained visible in place in 1873.
Two of the stones are said to have been taken away for use as
gatepots on the farm of Pultadie; two more for a similar use at
Kilgallioch; and three taken away to Laggangarn for use as door
lintels. A small squarish pillar 14m to the east is said to
mark the grave of a farmer who removed some of the
stones.
It seems likely that the two stones are the survivors of a stone
circle some of the stones of which were later inscribed with Early
Christian crosses.
Local folklore suggests that there is a story - possibly not
true - that originally there were three standing stones, one being
removed by the tenant of Laggangairn to form a door lintel.
For this act he was cursed and not long afterwards was bitten by a
rabid dog. When he showed the first symptons of the dread disease
he pleaded with his sister, with whom he lived, to smother him with
the mattress. This she did and his grave is marked by the solitary
small stone behind the Laggangairn stones.
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