This old photograph is of Local postman John Thomson, pointing to a ‘Liquor Stone’, 1890.
“These large flat stones, found at intervals along the sides of the roads were where mourners stopped to rest. Because the coffins were carried shoulder high for long distances to the graveyards at Kinross and Orwell, they could become uncomfortable for the coffin bearers. The stones were places of refreshment where the coffin was rested for foot weary mourners.”
Ordnance Survey map, 1869:
Ordnance Survey Book, Falkland Parish:
4 September 1879, Scotsman:
July 1886, Scottish Antiquary: Northern Notes and Queries:
23 October 1926, Fifeshire Advertiser:
21 October 1930, Brechin Advertiser:
