Stone of Morphie

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.

[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.

[6] The name Morphie may be of Brittonic origin,[7] and derived from an element consanguineous to Welsh morfa, meaning "a sea-plain".