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THE CLOCHODERICK STONE IS A PARTICULARLY FINE EXAMPLE OF A GLACIAL ERRATIC. COMPOSED OF VOLCANIC ROCK DIFFERING FROM THAT BELOW THE SOIL ON WHICH IT RESTS, BUT SIMILAR TO BEDROCK OCCURRING IN THE HILLS A FEW MILES TO THE NORTH AND WEST, AND DEPOSITED HERE DURING THE LAST ICE AGE AROUND 18,000 YEARS AGO. LEGEND ASSERTS ITS USE BY THE DRUIDS AS A SITE FOR THE DISPENSATION OF JUSTICE ON THIS ROCKING STONE. DEPENDING ON HOW THE STONE MOVED, WITH THE ACCUSED IN PLACE, INNOCENT OR GUILTY WAS DECREED. IT
IS ALSO ASSERTED THAT THE STONE MARKS THE BURIAL PLACE OF RYDDERICK
HAEL, MONARCH OF THE KINGDOM OF STRATHCLYDE. CONSIDERABLE RESEARCH
ESTABLISHES HIS CRUSHING VICTORY OVER PAGANISM AT ARTHURET, NEAR CARLISLE,
RESULTING IN THE CONVERSION OF THE COUNTRY TO CHRISTIANITY. THIS PLAQUE ERECTED
BY KILBARCHAN CIVIC SOCIETY - 1998
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