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The Stone of Morphie (sometimes known as the Stone of Morphy[1]) is a standing stone about 700 metres west of the Coast Highway (A92 road) bridge of the River North Esk[2] and 400 metres east of the historic Mill of Morphie in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The stone is approximately 3.5 metres high and is unshaped and uninscripted; the base of this stone measures approximately 70 by 100 centimetres.[3]
The RCAHMS record number for the Stone of Morphie is NO76SW 6 7169 6273. According to RCAHMS,[4] the stone is "Traditionally said to mark the grave of a son of Camus, killed in a battle between the Scots and the Danes".[1] Local tradition claims the site as an alternative burial site for a leader of a Viking army that was decimated by the Scots army at the apocryphal Battle of Barry in 1010 AD.[5] The date and mention of this battle rests with Boece.[6]
The name Morphie may be of Brittonic origin,[7] and derived from an element consanguineous to Welsh morfa, meaning "a sea-plain".[7]
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