Hi Carolyn....If you type The Standing Stones of Torhouse and 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 swear three times because on the third oath our heads would be stuck forever in the hole...I can remember saying ****** twice but never the third time.   I like the version on Wikipedia better.   Hope this is of help to you.....Norma ________________________________ From: Carolyn Achata <[email protected]> To: Norma <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 24 January, 2011 3:35:12 Subject: Re: [WIG LIST] Fw: Torhousemuir Wigtownshire List Norma, I have been to the standing stones at Torhousemuir several times and have some good pictures of them. In your searches, have you run across any more information about them than what is on the historical marker? Regards, Carolyn Achata In Tennessee, USA On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Norma <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > From: NORMA BELL <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, 23 January, 2011 22:49:47 > Subject: Fw: Torhousemuir Wigtownshire List > > > > > > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > From: Norma <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, 23 January, 2011 22:34:38 > Subject: Torhousemuir Wigtownshire List > > > Dear List.....I have been following with interest the recent subject of > Torhouseuir from Guy Colby to Andrea Walker.  We are still busy with our >project > of the 1881 to 1901 censuses.  'We' being Andrew [Drew] Horner and his wife > Sheila who live at Torhousemuir and myself.  Drew is the third generation of > Horners' to live there as a crofter.  Our paper work is nearly ready,  the hard > part is placing the families to the crofts etc. but the photos are coming along > quite well.  In the summer the bracken etc is too high to find any remains of > cottages and and in the winter too wet or snowy.  Just can't win. Drew is > searching for sites on the quad bike and Sheila and I are studying maps and > census returns.  As soon as all this ice and frost go we will be back out with > the camera.  Looking forward to getting it all put together.    Norma Bell. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Carolyn Achata