Stone of Mannan

This is the Stone of Mannan which occupies the Tolbooth area of the town of Clackmannan in central Scotland.
Local folklore tells this story.
“Its legendary history is curious. When King Robert Bruce was residing in Clackmannan tower, and before there was a town attached to that regal mansion, he happened, in passing one day near this way on a journey, to stop awhile at the stone and, on going away, left his glove upon it.  Not discovering his loss till he had proceeded about half-a-mile towards the south, he desired his servant to go back to the clack (for King Robert seems to have usually spoken his native Carrick Gaelic), and bring his mannan, or glove. The servant said, ‘If ye’ll just look about ye here, I’ll be back wi’t directly,’ and accordingly soon returned with the missing article.
From this trivial circumstance arose the name of the town which was subsequently reared about the stone, as also that of a farm at which the King stopped, about half-a-mile from the south, on the way to Kincardine, which took its name from what the servant said, namely, ‘Look about ye,’ and is so called to this day.”
Source
https://megalithix.wordpress.com/2016/02/28/stone-of-mannan/
It also inspired this excellent song by Gallus Crows
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QizlsUQoHrw

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