Hello Carolyn....If you type The standing stones of Torhouse and then click on the Wikipedia web site you will find good info about the stones...I was interested in the last paragraph about a stone in the dyke near the circle.  I had never heard this story before.  As children we were told off for using bad language [it was only mischief to see if we could get away with it without the 'grown ups' hearing us.  If we were heard we were marched to the 'hole stone' and told to put our heads in the hole and swear three times because on the third oath our heads would be stuck in the hole forever.  I can remember saying ****** twice, but never the third time.  I like the version on Wikipedia better. The knowing never pass without depositing a stone or pebble therein, as a gift to pass in peace...... Hope this is of help to you....Norma