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href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms">coat of arms</a>, etc. of a newly married couple, usually displaying the date of the marriage. They were very popular until <a href="/wiki/Victorian_times" class="mw-redirect" title="Victorian times">Victorian times</a>, but fell out of general use in the 20th century. Many survive for aesthetic value, particularly where well carved or of historic value. Many are part of or in the grounds of a <a href="/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">listed building</a> or in <a href="/wiki/Conservation_area_(United_Kingdom)" title="Conservation area (United Kingdom)">conservation areas</a>. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1141322084">@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tocleft{width:100%!important}}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tocleft{float:left;clear:left;width:auto;margin:0 1em 0.5em 0}body.skin-vector-2022 .mw-parser-output .tocleft{margin:0}.mw-parser-output .tocleft-clear-both{clear:both}.mw-parser-output .tocleft-clear-none{clear:none}}</style><div class="tocleft" style=""><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Purpose">Purpose</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marriage_stone&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Purpose"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Marriagestone10.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Marriagestone10.jpg/250px-Marriagestone10.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Marriagestone10.jpg/375px-Marriagestone10.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Marriagestone10.jpg/500px-Marriagestone10.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1712" data-file-height="1088" /></a><figcaption>A marriage stone at Woodside House,<sup id="cite_ref-Dobie381_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dobie381-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Parish of Beith.</figcaption></figure> <p>Marriage stones serve as a record of a marriage, the joining together of two families, although in Jersey,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where they are probably more common than elsewhere in the British Isles, they rarely, if ever, bear the date of a marriage, but mostly the names of the occupants of a property at the time it was built, restored or extended, or when it was acquired by those whose initials appear on the stone<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> especially important in aristocratic families and also sometimes practised amongst the newly established and monied middle classes. They were sometimes added to a building which was constructed specifically as the new family home for the married couple, especially when the dowry was large, or were carved into a pre-existing lintel over the main entrance or over a fireplace.<sup id="cite_ref-Dictionary_of_the_Scots_Language_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dictionary_of_the_Scots_Language-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The stones also clearly indicated the ownership of the building to onlookers at the time as well as serving as a record for posterity of both marital bliss and often also of social advancement.<sup id="cite_ref-McKean_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McKean-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Datestone" title="Datestone">Datestones</a> are a subtly different category in that they primarily commemorate the construction of a building rather than record a marriage. They may do both and such symbolism as entwined hearts<sup id="cite_ref-Dictionary_of_the_Scots_Language_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dictionary_of_the_Scots_Language-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> indicates that they serve to perform both functions. Date stones are far more common than marriage stones and are found on most types of vernacular buildings, indeed they are in vogue again today (2007), partly through the influence of the significance of the 2000 <a href="/wiki/Millennium" title="Millennium">millennium</a> year. Some buildings have both marriage stones and datestones, such as 'The Hill' at <a href="/wiki/Dunlop,_East_Ayrshire" title="Dunlop, East Ayrshire">Dunlop</a>, which has a date stone on the 'mansion house' and even the gateposts are dated. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Positioning">Positioning</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marriage_stone&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Positioning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:16thC_lintel,_Edinburgh_Old_Town.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/16thC_lintel%2C_Edinburgh_Old_Town.jpg/220px-16thC_lintel%2C_Edinburgh_Old_Town.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/16thC_lintel%2C_Edinburgh_Old_Town.jpg/330px-16thC_lintel%2C_Edinburgh_Old_Town.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/16thC_lintel%2C_Edinburgh_Old_Town.jpg/440px-16thC_lintel%2C_Edinburgh_Old_Town.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2460" data-file-height="1217" /></a><figcaption>One of many 16th century door lintels in Edinburgh's <a href="/wiki/Old_Town,_Edinburgh" title="Old Town, Edinburgh">Old Town</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The stones were placed where they would be easily and frequently seen by visitors, usually on the lintel above the front door of a house, above a fireplace or in a prominent position facing the entrance or in the gardens, such as above a doorway in wall.<sup id="cite_ref-Dictionary_of_the_Scots_Language_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dictionary_of_the_Scots_Language-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many are no longer visible having been covered over in some way such as when older buildings have been extended, porches built, etc. Often the husband's initials were on the left and the wife's were on the right.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marriage_stone&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Usually carved into stone or sometimes wood, they can be very detailed, with usually only the initials of the married couple, the date of the marriage and sometimes the <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms">coat of arms</a> of the two families, just those of the husband and very rarely the combined coats of arms of both families. In some cases the adornment was religious in nature, such as at 'The Hill' farm mansion house (see photograph) or an artistic design simply placed there as an ornamentation. The designs are found cut into the stone or standing proud of the rock face. Originally some of these stones would have been brightly painted and adorned with gilt.<sup id="cite_ref-McKean_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McKean-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Marriagestone.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A marriage stone above the door to the Formal Gardens at Robertland House, East Ayrshire. Circa 1930."><img alt="A marriage stone above the door to the Formal Gardens at Robertland House, East Ayrshire. Circa 1930." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Marriagestone.jpg/80px-Marriagestone.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Marriagestone.jpg/120px-Marriagestone.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Marriagestone.jpg/160px-Marriagestone.jpg 2x" data-file-width="288" data-file-height="432" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A marriage stone above the door to the Formal Gardens at Robertland House, East Ayrshire. Circa 1930.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:16JDBG92.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="The marriage stone lintel at 'The Hill' farm, Dunlop, East Ayrshire."><img alt="The marriage stone lintel at 'The Hill' farm, Dunlop, East Ayrshire." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/16JDBG92.JPG/120px-16JDBG92.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/16JDBG92.JPG/180px-16JDBG92.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/16JDBG92.JPG/240px-16JDBG92.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1712" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The marriage stone lintel at 'The Hill' farm, <a href="/wiki/Dunlop,_East_Ayrshire" title="Dunlop, East Ayrshire">Dunlop</a>, East Ayrshire.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Thehill1.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="A view of the marriage stone lintel positioned over the entrance to 'The Hill' farm mansion house together with the motto "Delights and Adorns" and a Bible held in a hand dexter held upright, suggesting both northern Ireland and Protestantism."><img alt="A view of the marriage stone lintel positioned over the entrance to 'The Hill' farm mansion house together with the motto "Delights and Adorns" and a Bible held in a hand dexter held upright, suggesting both northern Ireland and Protestantism." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Thehill1.JPG/120px-Thehill1.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Thehill1.JPG/180px-Thehill1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Thehill1.JPG/240px-Thehill1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1712" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A view of the marriage stone lintel positioned over the entrance to 'The Hill' farm mansion house together with the motto "Delights and Adorns" and a Bible held in a hand dexter held upright, suggesting both northern Ireland and Protestantism.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aiketsawmill.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A marriage stone set into the old Sawmill near Aiket Castle. The faded markings have been enhanced."><img alt="A marriage stone set into the old Sawmill near Aiket Castle. The faded markings have been enhanced." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Aiketsawmill.jpg/120px-Aiketsawmill.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="66" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Aiketsawmill.jpg/180px-Aiketsawmill.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Aiketsawmill.jpg/240px-Aiketsawmill.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2384" data-file-height="1312" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A marriage stone set into the old Sawmill near Aiket Castle. The faded markings have been enhanced.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nettlehurst_Marriage_Stone.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1811 marriage stone from the original Nettlehirst house near Barrmill, North Ayrshire."><img alt="1811 marriage stone from the original Nettlehirst house near Barrmill, North Ayrshire." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Nettlehurst_Marriage_Stone.jpg/120px-Nettlehurst_Marriage_Stone.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Nettlehurst_Marriage_Stone.jpg/180px-Nettlehurst_Marriage_Stone.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Nettlehurst_Marriage_Stone.jpg/240px-Nettlehurst_Marriage_Stone.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1712" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">1811 marriage stone from the original <a href="/wiki/Nettlehirst" title="Nettlehirst">Nettlehirst</a> house near <a href="/wiki/Barrmill" class="mw-redirect" title="Barrmill">Barrmill</a>, North Ayrshire.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marriage_stone&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scotland">Scotland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marriage_stone&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Scotland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Marriage_Stone,_Fullarton,_Troon.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Marriage_Stone%2C_Fullarton%2C_Troon.JPG/200px-Marriage_Stone%2C_Fullarton%2C_Troon.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Marriage_Stone%2C_Fullarton%2C_Troon.JPG/300px-Marriage_Stone%2C_Fullarton%2C_Troon.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Marriage_Stone%2C_Fullarton%2C_Troon.JPG/400px-Marriage_Stone%2C_Fullarton%2C_Troon.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1712" /></a><figcaption>Marriage stone from Fullarton.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Parkhill_House_Datestone,_Dalry.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Parkhill_House_Datestone%2C_Dalry.JPG/200px-Parkhill_House_Datestone%2C_Dalry.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Parkhill_House_Datestone%2C_Dalry.JPG/300px-Parkhill_House_Datestone%2C_Dalry.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Parkhill_House_Datestone%2C_Dalry.JPG/400px-Parkhill_House_Datestone%2C_Dalry.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2208" data-file-height="984" /></a><figcaption>Marriage stone from Parkhill House.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Marriage_Stone_at_Castle_Menzies,_Red_and_White_Book_of_Menzies,_1908.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Marriage_Stone_at_Castle_Menzies%2C_Red_and_White_Book_of_Menzies%2C_1908.jpg/220px-Marriage_Stone_at_Castle_Menzies%2C_Red_and_White_Book_of_Menzies%2C_1908.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Marriage_Stone_at_Castle_Menzies%2C_Red_and_White_Book_of_Menzies%2C_1908.jpg/330px-Marriage_Stone_at_Castle_Menzies%2C_Red_and_White_Book_of_Menzies%2C_1908.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Marriage_Stone_at_Castle_Menzies%2C_Red_and_White_Book_of_Menzies%2C_1908.jpg/440px-Marriage_Stone_at_Castle_Menzies%2C_Red_and_White_Book_of_Menzies%2C_1908.jpg 2x" data-file-width="829" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Castle Menzies – Showing Marriage Escutcheon Inserted in Wall, 1571</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gibson_Marriage_Stone_at_The_Cuff,_Beith.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Gibson_Marriage_Stone_at_The_Cuff%2C_Beith.JPG/200px-Gibson_Marriage_Stone_at_The_Cuff%2C_Beith.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Gibson_Marriage_Stone_at_The_Cuff%2C_Beith.JPG/300px-Gibson_Marriage_Stone_at_The_Cuff%2C_Beith.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Gibson_Marriage_Stone_at_The_Cuff%2C_Beith.JPG/400px-Gibson_Marriage_Stone_at_The_Cuff%2C_Beith.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1712" /></a><figcaption>Gibson marriage stone, The Cuff, Gateside.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b>Aiket Castle</b>, <a href="/wiki/Dunlop,_East_Ayrshire" title="Dunlop, East Ayrshire">Dunlop</a>, East Ayrshire – At <a href="/wiki/Baron_of_Aiket" title="Baron of Aiket">Aiket</a>, the stone is set into the wall of a building which was latterly a timber mill is a very worn marriage stone.</li> <li><b>Albion House</b>, <a href="/wiki/Cromarty" title="Cromarty">Cromarty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ross_and_Cromarty" title="Ross and Cromarty">Ross and Cromarty</a> – situated in the garden of Albion House and originally from a house which was situated between Albion House and No 49 Church Street (Waterloo House) whose site is now part of the Garden of Albion House. It was demolished in the early 20th century after a fire in the late 19th century but was built by Donald Junor and Katrin (or Katherine) Gally who married in 1710.</li> <li><b>Albion House</b>, <a href="/wiki/Cromarty" title="Cromarty">Cromarty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ross_and_Cromarty" title="Ross and Cromarty">Ross and Cromarty</a> – the above-mentioned Donald Junor may be connected to the Andrew or Alexander Junor whose marriage stone was found built into the Courthouse.</li> <li><b>Bogflat</b>, <a href="/wiki/Stewarton" title="Stewarton">Stewarton</a>, East Ayrshire – now in the Stewarton Museum, the <a href="/wiki/Chapeltoun" title="Chapeltoun">Bogflat</a> stone is dated 1711 with a 'JR' carved into it and the other initials unfortunately cut off.<sup id="cite_ref-McDonald_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McDonald-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Castle of Park</b>, Cornhill, Aberdeenshire – the dining room has an early 18th-century 'marriage stone' set into one wall.</li> <li><b>The Cuff</b>, Gateside, <a href="/wiki/North_Ayrshire" title="North Ayrshire">North Ayrshire</a> – M Gibson & I Gibson, 1767.</li> <li><b>Craigdarroch House</b>, Moniave, <a href="/wiki/Dumfries_%26_Galloway" class="mw-redirect" title="Dumfries & Galloway">Dumfries & Galloway</a> – Robert Fergusson, married Lady Janet Cunningham, daughter of the 4th Earl of Glencairn of Maxwelton, in 1537 and their marriage stone, with the shakefork of the Cunninghams, is to be seen at <a href="/wiki/Craigdarroch" title="Craigdarroch">Craigdarroch</a> with the other carved stones on the base of the old tower.</li> <li><b>Fullarton House</b>, <a href="/wiki/Troon" title="Troon">Troon</a> – set in a plinth after the house was demolished. Anne Brisbane and William Fullarton 1673.</li> <li><b>The Hill</b>, <a href="/wiki/Dunlop,_East_Ayrshire" title="Dunlop, East Ayrshire">Dunlop</a>, East Ayrshire – The <a href="/wiki/Dunlop_cheese" title="Dunlop cheese">Hill</a> stone is now placed above an internal window in the original farmhouse, but it, may have been moved or the building substantially altered. It reads '16 ID & BG 92' in old characters ('I' for 'J'). This commemorates the marriage of John Dunlop and Barbara Gilmour of <a href="/wiki/Dunlop_cheese" title="Dunlop cheese">Dunlop cheese</a> fame. A Brown family marriage stone is also present on a lintel entering the old farmhouse.</li> <li><b>The Hill</b>, Dunlop, East Ayrshire – the initials 'AB' and 'JA' positioned over the entrance to <a href="/wiki/Dunlop_cheese" title="Dunlop cheese">The Hill</a> 'mansion house' together with the motto "Delights and Adorns" and a Bible held in a hand held upright, suggesting both Northern Ireland and Protestantism. The 'AB' stands for Andrew Brown, grandson of Barbara and John. He married 'JA', Jean Anderson, daughter of Matthew Anderson of Craighead, which they later inherited. As 'well to do' farmers they may have built the 'mansion house' at 'The Hill', converting the old farm into a dairy and byre, however the window above is 'off centre', suggesting an adaptation.<sup id="cite_ref-Dobie98_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dobie98-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Kiktonhall House</b>, <a href="/wiki/West_Kilbride" title="West Kilbride">West Kilbride</a>. <a href="/wiki/North_Ayrshire" title="North Ayrshire">North Ayrshire</a> – built into the back wall of the present building. 'RS MW 1660' with what appears to be 'I S' with an upturned 'V'.</li> <li><b>Knockshinnoch Farm</b>, <a href="/wiki/New_Cumnock" title="New Cumnock">New Cumnock</a>, East Ayrshire – in the byre, which may be the original farmhouse is a stone with the date 1691 and the initials HD and MC, a heart with what appears to be a dagger in it, a small star and a stags head.</li> <li><b>Lude</b>, <a href="/wiki/Blair_Atholl" title="Blair Atholl">Blair Atholl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pitlochry" title="Pitlochry">Pitlochry</a> – the Marriage stone of Alexander Robertson 10th of Lude and Katherine Campbell daughter of Glenorchy.</li> <li><b>Mains of Giffen</b>, <a href="/wiki/Barony_and_Castle_of_Giffen" title="Barony and Castle of Giffen">Barrmill</a>, North Ayrshire – 'RC MC 1758' on a lintel in the old farm buildings.</li> <li><b>Castle Menzies</b>, <a href="/wiki/Weem" title="Weem">Weem</a>, <a href="/wiki/Perthshire" title="Perthshire">Perthshire</a> – A marriage stone faces the entrance, installed by James Menzies in 1571 to record his 1540 marriage to Barbara Stewart, daughter of <a href="/wiki/John_Stewart,_3rd_Earl_of_Atholl" title="John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Atholl">John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Atholl</a> and cousin to <a href="/wiki/Henry_Stuart,_Lord_Darnley" title="Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley">Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-McKean_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McKean-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Clan.Encyclopedia.Menzies_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clan.Encyclopedia.Menzies-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kirkton_Hall_marriage_stone.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Kirkton_Hall_marriage_stone.JPG/250px-Kirkton_Hall_marriage_stone.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Kirkton_Hall_marriage_stone.JPG/375px-Kirkton_Hall_marriage_stone.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Kirkton_Hall_marriage_stone.JPG/500px-Kirkton_Hall_marriage_stone.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4214" data-file-height="2084" /></a><figcaption>Marriage stone at Kirktonhall House.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b>Parkhill House</b>, <a href="/wiki/Dalry,_North_Ayrshire" title="Dalry, North Ayrshire">Dalry</a> – 'JR1732JR', probably the 'Reid' family.</li> <li><b>Robertland House</b>, Dunlop, <a href="/wiki/East_Ayrshire" title="East Ayrshire">East Ayrshire</a> – placed above a door leading into the formal gardens.</li> <li><b>Rowallan Castle</b>, <a href="/wiki/Kilmaurs" title="Kilmaurs">Kilmaurs</a>, East Ayrshire. At <a href="/wiki/Rowallan_Castle" title="Rowallan Castle">Rowallan Castle</a> is a stone marked with <i>Jon.Mvr. M.Cvgm. Spvsis 1562</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dobie1_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dobie1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Ryefield House</b>, <a href="/wiki/Drakemyre,_North_Ayrshire" title="Drakemyre, North Ayrshire">Drakemyre, North Ayrshire</a> – A marriage stone with the date '1786' and the initials 'JK' paired with 'WM' has been incorporated into one wall of the walled garden, presumably originating from an early dwelling house belonging to the Knox family.</li> <li><b>Townhead of <a href="/wiki/Lambroughton" title="Lambroughton">Lambroughton</a></b>, Stewarton, East Ayrshire – a marriage stone is now built into a wall on the farm . It reads 'AL MR 1707'. The 'AL' may stand for Alexander Langmuir. The stone came from a contemporary building which was demolished in the late 20th century.</li> <li><b>Woodside House</b>, Parish of <a href="/wiki/Beith" title="Beith">Beith</a> – a stone built into the corner of a gable with "G. 1759 R," and "A. 1759 P.". This is for Gavin Ralston of that Ilk, and his spouse Anabella, daughter of James Pollock of Arthurlee. Another has "W.C.P." and "A.C.P." and underneath it are the initials and date, "W. 1845 P.", which is for William Charles Sochran-Patrick and his spouse. Finally, a pediment stone in Roman style has "W.R." and "U.M." for William Ralston of that Ilk, and his spouse, Ursula, daughter of William Muir of Glanderstoun, by Jean, daughter of Mr. <a href="/wiki/Barony_and_Castle_of_Corsehill" title="Barony and Castle of Corsehill">Hans Hamilton</a>, Vicar of <a href="/wiki/Dunlop,_East_Ayrshire" title="Dunlop, East Ayrshire">Dunlop</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dobie381_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dobie381-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wales">Wales</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marriage_stone&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Wales"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Penybenglog.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Penybenglog.jpg/220px-Penybenglog.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Penybenglog.jpg/330px-Penybenglog.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Penybenglog.jpg/440px-Penybenglog.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1552" data-file-height="1088" /></a><figcaption>A wooden lintel marriage stone</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b>Penybenglog House</b>, Nevern, South Wales – A wooden lintel used as a marriage 'stone'. Dated 1523, 'WG' & 'RS'.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ireland">Ireland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marriage_stone&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Ireland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Killimor castle</b> – the "Marriage Stone" of Teige O'Daly (eldest son of Dermot who died 1614) and Sisily O'Kelly. The stone was returned from <a href="/wiki/Lusmagh" title="Lusmagh">Lusmagh</a> (near Cloghan Castle, Co. Offaly) to <a href="/wiki/Killimordaly" title="Killimordaly">Killimordaly</a> Churchyard in 1980. The stone was originally inserted above the entrance to Killimor Castle in commemoration of the castle's construction in 1624 where it remained during the various reconstructions of "The Castle" to a more comfortable type of residence during the 18th and 19th centuries.</li> <li><b>Galway City</b> has many fine examples of marriage stones which can be seen all over the city centre both inside buildings and carved on exterior lintels.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jersey">Jersey</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marriage_stone&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Jersey"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Penryn Farm</b>, Bechet es Cats, <a href="/wiki/Saint_John,_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint John, Jersey">St. John</a> – marriage stone "1884".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Modern_marriage_stones">Modern marriage stones</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marriage_stone&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Modern marriage stones"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A two-ton Scottish <a href="/wiki/Granite" title="Granite">granite</a> Marriage stone was created for <a href="/wiki/Camilla_Parker-Bowles#Marriage_to_the_Prince_of_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Camilla Parker-Bowles">the wedding</a> of <a href="/wiki/Prince_Charles" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince Charles">Prince Charles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Camilla_Parker-Bowles" class="mw-redirect" title="Camilla Parker-Bowles">Camilla Parker-Bowles</a>, 9 April 2005. Unusually this has carvings on both sides. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stones_associated_with_marriage">Stones associated with marriage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marriage_stone&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Stones associated with marriage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Treustein">The Treustein</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marriage_stone&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: The Treustein"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many synagogues in Germany featured a <i>Treustein</i>, or "marriage stone" at which a goblet was shattered at the culmination of the wedding ceremony.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hindu_weddings">Hindu weddings</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marriage_stone&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Hindu weddings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hinduism</a>, it is customary in a marriage ceremony for the bride to stand on a stone slab or millstone to symbolise her commitment to the marriage during times of difficulty, in a practice known as Shila Arohan (Ascending the stone).<sup id="cite_ref-Gwynne2011_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gwynne2011-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Holed_stones">Holed stones</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marriage_stone&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Holed stones"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On the crest of a hill near the village of <a href="/wiki/Doagh" title="Doagh">Doagh</a> in <a href="/wiki/County_Antrim" title="County Antrim">County Antrim</a>, Northern Ireland, sits a Bronze Age standing stone or 'holestone'. It is 1.5 metres high, with a 10 cm diameter hole cut into it. It is not known why the Holestone was created, but has attracted visitors seeking external love and happiness since at least the 18th century. Upon reaching the Holestone couples undertake a traditional ceremony where the woman reaches her hand through the circular hole and her partner takes it, thus pledging themselves to love each other forever. There is a legend regarding a black horse that inhabits the field in which the holestone is situated. According to this legend a young couple were married at the stone, but the groom committed an act of adultery on their wedding night. For this act he was cursed by the stone to spend eternity as a horse, never dying, and never able to leave that field. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marriage_stone&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rock-cut_basin" title="Rock-cut basin">Rock-cut basin</a> – the folklore of holestones</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marriage_stone&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Dictionary_of_the_Scots_Language-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Dictionary_of_the_Scots_Language_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Dictionary_of_the_Scots_Language_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Dictionary_of_the_Scots_Language_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Dictionary_of_the_Scots_Language_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/mairriage">"Dictionary of the Scots Language"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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John Tweed, Glasgow. pp. 98–99.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Clan.Encyclopedia.Menzies-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Clan.Encyclopedia.Menzies_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Way, George and Squire, Romily. (1994). <i>Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia</i>. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The <a href="/wiki/Standing_Council_of_Scottish_Chiefs" title="Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs">Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs</a>). pp. 272–273.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Dobie1-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Dobie1_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dobie, James. (1876) <i>Cuninghame Topographized by Timothy Pont.</i> Pub. John Tweed, Glasgow. Facing p. 366.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">This is not a marriage stone, but a datestone indicating the date when work was undertaken on the property. The full inscription on the stone is J.BS (entwined hearts) B.LGL 1884, inscribed for Jean Bisson and Betsey Le Gresley, who lived at Penryn Farm in 1884 but were actually married 30 years earlier. Few, if any, Jersey datestones can be identified as recording the dates marriages, as opposed to an event in the life of the property where they were erected. 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