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Date UncertainSite Name: The Bore Stone Alternative Name: Hare StoneCountry: Scotland County: Midlothian Type: Marker Stone
Nearest Town: Edinburgh Nearest Village: Morningside
Map Ref: NT2450871568
Latitude: 55.931227N Longitude: 3.20986W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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An entry in the Burgh Records for 1586 refers to it as "...the Standand Stane toward Typperlin betuix the lands of Merchonstoun and the [Pow] burne." The 18thC historian William Maitland describes its original position as being on the eastern side of the road "almost opposite to the south-eastern corner of the Park-wall of Tipperlin Lone [now Albert Terrace]", which suggests that it may have been just a village boundary marker. It was placed in its present position by the owner of Greenhill, Sir John Stuart Forbes of Pitsligo, in 1852, doubtless under the strong influence of Walter Scott who was responsible in the first place for establishing the story attached to the stone.
As part of their feudal obligations as tenants of the Crown, the Clerks, as lairds of Penicuik, had to stand on a stone on the 'Burrowmore' and salute the King with three blasts of the horn whenever he went hunting in the area. Mrs Clerk had to come along, too, but could retain her lady-like composure by having to give only one blast. This obligation, the origin of which is lost in the mists of time, was renewed in a Royal charter of 1613, and even confirmed in another charter under Cromwell's rule in 1654. Some scholars have identified the act with the Buckstane near Fairmilehead, but, since that lay beyond the burgh muir, the Hare stane which stood on its edge has the better claim.
The vintage placard reads: "The Bore Stone, in which the Royal Standard was allegedly pitched for the muster of the Scottish Army on the Burgh Muir before the battle of Flodden 1513."
"It long lay in the adjoining field, was then built into the wall near this spot, and finally placed here by Sir John Stuart Forbes of Pitsligo Bart. 1852."
"Highest and midmost was descried
The Royal Banner floating wide,
The staff, a pine tree strong and straight,
Pitch'd steeply in a massive stone,
Which still in memory is shown,
Yet bent beneath the standard's weight.
Marmion"
It could possibly have been the cover from a prehistoric cist. According to Canmore / HES the cup marks are natural.
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