St Manire (The Stone of Ballater) Standing Stone3D Model
St Manire stone or Stone of Ballater. NO 3010 9619
The church or chapel of St. Manire, (about 4 miles to west of Ballater, Scotland) who flourished in the 6th century, stood on a knoll between Lebhal and Rhynabaich, surrounded by a burial ground used within living memory for unbaptised children.
Incorporated in the enclosure wall is a weathered standing stone, c.1.4m high by c.0.7m wide by c.0.3m thick, which possibly forms part of the entrance to the burial ground. This probably prehistoric standing stone at its west end was supposedly used as a reading desk for the chapel and was said to be the remains of a stone circle. There is now no evidence of a stone circle.
Canmore 32462
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