The Barons' Stone of Killochan

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The Barons' Stone of Killochan

Image: © Mary and Angus Hogg Taken: 1 Mar 2021

This impressive stone, left by the ice sheets of the last glaciation and shown on the Explorer Map, was the place where the Cathcart family of Killochan dispensed justice over their feudal vassals. Not only is the stone enormous, its very location suggests power. The scale is shown better in Image

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Image Location

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Latitude
55.264384
Longitude
-4.797725