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The Clinking stane
The stone in this shot is known as the clinking stane, the history of the area dates back to the bronze age and is close to the near by Cairnpapple site.
The people in the Bathgate Hills were farmers and the agricultural year depended on a close understanding of the inter-relationship of Sun and Moon. The old standing stone known as the Clinking Stane still stands above the town of Bathgate on the approach road to the cairn - this was the stone at which lovers would meet to betroth themselves to one another, in local dialect the "Clinking stane" means the Kissing stone.
The Clinking stane
The stone in this shot is known as the clinking stane, the history of the area dates back to the bronze age and is close to the near by Cairnpapple site.
The people in the Bathgate Hills were farmers and the agricultural year depended on a close understanding of the inter-relationship of Sun and Moon. The old standing stone known as the Clinking Stane still stands above the town of Bathgate on the approach road to the cairn - this was the stone at which lovers would meet to betroth themselves to one another, in local dialect the "Clinking stane" means the Kissing stone.