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118: 269: 194: 235: 77: 231:, Cornwall. It apparently was discovered by an employee of the lord of the local manor whose duty it was to watch the coast. A ship had been wrecked in the cove, and while watching ensuing activity, the employee leaned against a boulder. Suddenly, a gust of wind occurred, and the boulder shifted, or "logged". The longest side of this mass of stone is about 15 feet (4.6 m), and the circumference of its biggest end is about 20 feet (6.1 m). It is thought to weigh about 20 tons. 605: 520:"This shaking stone may be seen on a sea-cliff within half a mile of St. David's. It is so vast that I presume it may exceed the draught of an hundred oxen, and it is altogether rude and unpolished. The occasion of the name (Y maen sigl, or the Rocking-stone) is for that being mounted upon divers other stones about a yard in height it is so equally poised that a man may shake it with one finger so that five or six men sitting on it shall perceive themselves moved thereby." 686: 1462: 716: 306: 1474: 416: 1215: 359: 22: 1333: 265:, about a quarter of a mile to the west of the White Laise, and near the March Dyke, a rocking stone named the Logan Stone exists. The Logan Stone is a grey granite rock and rests on greywacke, and can easily be moved with one hand. It is 4 feet 3 inches (1.30 m) by 4 feet (1.2 m), by 3 feet (0.91 m) high. 205:, Nova Scotia, can still be rocked with a lever, but used to move quite easily, before a band of sailors from the nearby Halifax garrison rocked it into a more stable configuration in the 1890s, and before its base was worn down by excessive rocking in the 1980s and '90s when a park was developed around it at 488:
A 150-ton glacial erratic occurs on Rockingstone Avenue in Larchmont, New York, that was so perfectly balanced that just a small touch would allow it to rock back and forth. Unfortunately in the 1920s, blasting for a new sewer system in the neighbourhood dislodged the rock, so it no longer balances.
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in the Parish of Auchinleck in Ayrshire, Scotland, is the Lamargle or Lamargee rocking stone in a hollow by the Bello or Bellow Water near its junction with the Glenmore Water from which point the name Lugar Water is applied. It is made of two vertical stones, and a horizontal stone about 6 ft long,
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It may be observed that I have always used the words Loging Rock for the celebrated stone at Trereen Dinas. Much learned research seems to have been idly expended on the supposed name, "Logan Rock." To log is a verb in general use throughout Cornwall for vibrating or rolling like a drunken man, and
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In the parish of S. Levan, there is a promontory called Castle Treryn. This cape consists of three distinct groups of rocks. On the western side of the middle group near the top, lies a very large stone, so evenly, poised that any hand may move it to and fro; but the extremities of its base are at
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A rocking stone is recorded near the site of Saint Bride's Chapel. The Witch's or Boarstone stands on top of the Craigs of Kyle near Coylton in Ayrshire. It weighs around 30 tons and rests upon two or three stones. A large standing stone known as Wallace's stone is recorded to have stood nearby.
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After months of effort, at 4:20 pm on 2 November 1824, in front of thousands of spectators and with the help of more than 60 men and block and tackle, the Logan Rock was finally repositioned and returned to "rocking condition". Apparently, the total final cost of this enterprise was £130 8s 6d.
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such a distance from each other, and so well secured by their nearness to the stone which it stretches itself upon, that it is morally impossible that any lever, or indeed force, however applied in a mechanical way, can remove it from its present situation.
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The word "logan" is probably derived from the word "log", which in an English dialect means to rock. In some parts of the United Kingdom, rocking stones or logan stones are called logging stones. The word "log" might be connected with the Danish word
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in East Ayrshire. The Lamargle stone rests on two stones. Local legend has it that the Lamargle stone used to rock, but it no longer does. The Witch's Stone or Boarstone on the Craigs o'Kyle is recorded by the author John Smith as having rocked.
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used to rock, and it is said that the Druids used it to judge people. The accused was made to sit on the stone and by the way it moved, the Druids judged the innocence or guilt of the individual. It is also said to be the burial place of
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maps. The huge stone once lay overhanging Lustleigh Cleave until 1951, when it was deliberately pushed down the valley. A failed attempt to rescue the stone by pulling it back up the valley resulted in it breaking into pieces.
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monument or the grave of a Caledonian hero. This stone has often been overlooked, as the OS maps give the wrong location; it sits beside the Bellow Water above its confluence with the Glenmore Water and not on Lamargle Hill.
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in Yorkshire. However, the Golcar Hill rocking stone will no longer easily rock because some masons wanted to find out how such a large weight could move so easily, so they chopped at it until they destroyed its balance.
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For some time after, the rock was kept chained and padlocked, but eventually these restrictions were removed, and the rock was set free. However, it apparently no longer vibrates or "logs" as easily as it did before.
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Ayrshire in Southwest Scotland apparently is endowed with a geology that lends itself towards the formation of rocking stones. Several rocking stones, or stones that used to rock at one time, are there.
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in Treen could cure childhood diseases. The children were rocked on the Logan Stone in certain seasons. People say that the charm was broken when Lieutenant Goldsmith dislodged the Logan Stone.
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It is a Cornish tradition to make a vow and then attempt to move a rocking stone, or logan rock. It was said that no persons with treachery in their hearts could make a rocking stone move.
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However, another reason that the Logan Rock of Treen is remembered is that it was the center of a famous drama. In April 1824, Lieutenant Hugh Goldsmith, R. N. (nephew of the famous poet
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Goldsmith was determined to demonstrate that nothing was impossible when the courage and skill of British seamen were engaged. The Logan Rock fell and was caught in a narrow chasm.
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is frequently heard in provincial pronunciation for tug, characteristic of the modem present participle. The Loging Rock is, therefore, strictly descriptive of its peculiar motion.
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in Cornwall was said to only move at midnight when witches were out. People claimed that if one touched the rocking stone nine times at midnight, one would turn into a witch.
382:. It no longer rocks due to people digging beneath to ascertain its fulcrum. It is in a small wood and surrounded by a circular drystone wall. An article was published in the 527:'s soldiers rendered the rocking stone of Pembrokeshire immovable after Mr. Owen had described it. They reportedly destroyed it because they felt it encouraged superstition. 746:, was knocked down during a thunderstorm in 1815. The same machinery that was used to restore the Logan Rock in Treen was successful in repositioning Lanyon Cromlech. 1425: 668:, armed with bars and levers, rocked the huge granite boulder until it fell from its cliff-top perch. Goldsmith was apparently motivated to disprove the claim of 48:
that are so finely balanced that the application of just a small force causes them to rock. Typically, rocking stones are residual corestones formed initially by
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times, people would travel from Halifax, climb upon it and spread their lunches, while enjoying the sensation of rocking gently while seated upon the huge rock.
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is thought to have been a rocking stone. However, soil has built up around the base of the Thurgatstone over the years, which now prevents any rocking motion.
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Topographical Description of Ayrshire; more Particularly of Cunninghame: together with a Genealogical account of the Principal families in that Bailiwick.
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the vulgar used to resort to this place at particular times of the year, and paid to this rock more respect than was thought becoming to good Christians.
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Main Ambres; petrae ambrosiae, signify the stones anointed with holy oil, consecrated; or in a general sense, a temple, altar or places or worship
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in Cornwall. This huge stone weighs about 80 or 90 tons. It is one of the best-known rocking stones for several reasons. For example, Modred, in
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A wide variety of beliefs are associated with rocking stones. Because of their strange nature, rocking stones were sometimes associated with
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persuaded the Lords of the Admiralty to lend Lieutenant Goldsmith the required apparatus for replacing the Logan Rock. The Admiralty sent 13
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Some masses shaped by humans also exhibit similar behaviour (sometimes unintentionally). For example, in the ruins of the Roman temples at
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The Lamagee or Lamargle stone in Lugar as previously mentioned is in the center of a loose collection of stones in the village of
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Tourism dropped, and this was blamed on the condition of Logan Rock. For a while, Treen was nicknamed 'Goldsmith's
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A rocking stone existed in 1913–1919 at Sannox on Arran, on a nearly horizontal platform next to the seashore.
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This upset the local residents considerably, since Logan Rock had been used to draw tourists to the area.
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in Jordan (the "city of 1000 pillars"), some massive pillars move back and forth in the slightest breeze.
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However, it is not clear how much of the remaining £105 Goldsmith had to make up out of his own pocket.
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Old England: A Pictorial Museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical Municipal, Baronial, and Popular Antiquities
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in Burma is a religious shrine built on top of a huge granite boulder that is also a rocking stone.
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Often wear, erosion, or human intervention has resulted in the dislodging of rocking stones.
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photograph of the Pontypridd rocking stone in Wales in the middle of a Druidic stone circle
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rock, which he wrote "can only be moved with an asphodel and remains immovable by force."
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was said to have been placed there by a giant who used it to rock himself to sleep.
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Around 1900 there were rocking stones at Rippon tor, and Sittaford tor on Dartmoor.
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The Witch's Rocking Stone or Boarstone on the Craig o'Kyle in East Ayrshire
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Kilmarncok Glenfield Ramblers Society. Annals. 1904 – 1907. facing p. 76.
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A travel diary from Jordan describing the movement of pillars at Jerash
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A rocking stone that some associate with the Druids is on Cuff Hill in
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Michell, John (1974). The Old Stones of Land's End. Garnstone Press.
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Hippisley Coxe, Antony D. (1973). Haunted Britain. Pub. Hutchinson.
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The Pontypridd Rocking Stone in Wales is set within the middle of a
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Weir John and Le Messurier 1988, Great Walks: Dartmoor & Exmoor
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in West Yorkshire. It had already ceased to rock when described by
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Video of Scottish Glacial Erratics in History, Myth & Legend
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A stone used to rock on a gritstone outcrop on Warley Moor near
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YouTube video of the Witch's Rocking Stone on the Craigs o'Kyle
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Another well-known example of a rocking or logan stone is
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A well-known rocking stone or logan stone was located at
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Photius' Bibliotheca #190: Ptolemy Chennus, New History
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is said to rock only for the efforts of an honest man.
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YouTube video of the Cuff Hill Rocking or Logan stone
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YouTube video of the Lamargle or Lugar Rocking Stone
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The Logan Rock (circled) seen from Pednvounder beach
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Stonehenge: A Temple Restored to the British Druids
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Miles, Dillwyn (ed.). 238:The Coylton or Witch's rocking stone in 1863 653:Tho' ev’n a giant’s prowess nerv’d his arm, 447: 342: 998:History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton. 947:"Nature along the way: As Pedras da Barca" 879:Landforms and Geology of Granite Terrains. 647:Such is the strange and virtuous property, 639:Turn your astonish'd eyes; behold yon huge 362:The Rocking Stone at Cuff Hill in Ayrshire 121:Pedra dos Cadris, a rocking stone in Muxía 80:The Logan Stone on the Rhinns of Kells in 1401:Video and commentary on the Thurgartstone 1382:Learn how and when to remove this message 1074:Map, The Megalithic Portal and Megalith. 649:It moves obsequious to the gentlest touch 645:On yonder pointed rock: firm as it seems, 227:(sometimes written as Pendour Cove) near 1302: 753: 714: 684: 603: 414: 357: 304: 267: 233: 192: 116: 75: 20: 1421:World Wide Words entry, Michael Quinion 1259: 1237:. 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Index


stones
spheroidal weathering
erosion
glacial erratics
glaciers
megaliths

Galloway
Davies Gilbert
Cornish

Britain
Galicia
Costa da Morte
Muxía
Pedras de Barca
Pliny the Elder
Harpasa
Caria
Ptolemy
Gygonian
Iona
Pennant

Halifax
Kidston Lake
Victorian
Druidic
Pendower Cove

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