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Taxing Stone, Little Laight Hill

Standing Stone (prehistoric)
Taxing Stone, Little Laight Hill
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Taxing Stone, Little Laight Hill as Standing Stone (prehistoric). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the Taxing Stone may have functioned as a territorial marker, ceremonial site, or waystone. Local folklore sometimes associates such stones with trials or tests, though specific traditions connected to this example are not recorded.

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Photo: M Campbell · CC BY-SA 2.0