The Blue Stane and Kenneth MacAlpin blue plaque
Overview
The Blue Stane and Kenneth MacAlpin blue plaque is recorded as Blue plaque in Scotland Fife. This blue commemorative plaque records: The Blue Stane is a relic of Pre-Christian Pictish St Andrews when it had some now forgotten ritual significance. It is reputed to have been the coronation stone of Kenneth MacAlpine, who united the Kingdoms of the Scots and the Picts in 843 A.D.
Why it was made
The saved account records: Another Blue Stane outside Crail Kirk has a similar explanation except that it is said that the Devil threw it from the May Island (Also made of whinstone) when the Kirk was being built, with one part just missing the Kirk, and the other part falling near Fife Ness.
People and events
The saved account records: It is reputed to have been the coronation stone of Kenneth MacAlpine, who united the Kingdoms of the Scots and the Picts in 843 A.D.
How it worked
The saved account records: This blue commemorative plaque records: The Blue Stane is a relic of Pre-Christian Pictish St Andrews when it had some now forgotten ritual significance.
What remains
The saved account records: According to legend, a giant standing either at Drumcarrow or at Blebo Craigs threw the Stane at St. Rule's cell on the Kirkhill, but it fell short.
Why it mattered
The Blue Stane and Kenneth MacAlpin blue plaque matters because its inscription ties a person, group, event or old local practice to this exact place. The source records: The Blue Stane is a relic of Pre-Christian Pictish St Andrews when it had some now forgotten ritual significance. It is reputed to have been the coronation stone of Kenneth MacAlpine, who united the Kingdoms of the Scots and the Picts in 843 A.D. According to legend, a giant standing either at Drumcarrow or at Blebo Craigs threw the Stane at St. Rule's cell on the Kirkhill, but it fell short. The Blue Stane is shown on the John Geddy map of St. Andrews of about 1580, at which time it stood on the south side of what is now Double… The importance lies in the life remembered here, not in the plaque as a piece of metal.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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