Taxing stone
The Taxing Stone ( German Steuerstein - also called Laicht Alpin or Laight Alpyn ) is a menhir ( English Standing stone ) in a drywall dam , immediately east of the old cannon battery on Little Laight Hill in Cairnryan on Loch Ryan near Stranraer in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland . It measures 1.7 m in height, 0.7 × 0.5 m at the base and is oriented east-west.
He is said to bear his nickname in memory of the funeral of Alpin, the former king of the Scots of Dalriada , who was murdered in Glenapp in 741. Graffiti with the date 1720 are engraved on the east side of the stone.
Little Laight Hill forest plantation was also a border between the ancient Galloway and Carrick kingdoms.
Nearby are the Long Tom on Milldown Hill and the Joug Stone .
literature
- The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS): The archaeological sites and monuments of East Rhins, Wigtown District, Dumfries and Galloway Region. The archaeological sites and monuments of Scotland series no 26. Edinburgh 1987. p. 23, no. 153
Web links
- Entry on Taxing Stone in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database
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Coordinates: 54 ° 59 '43.7 " N , 5 ° 1' 50.1" W.