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Martin's Stane

Near Bridgefoot, Strathmartine, Angus

A carved stone where a dragon that ate nine maidens was killed.

Legend says a farmer at Pittempton had nine daughters, and a dragon ate them all. A young man called Martin, sweetheart of one of the girls, chased it and killed it with a club.

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When
Pictish carving, legend
Where
56.5050, -3.0200
Group
Dragons & monsters

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The stone stands in a field near Bridgefoot, north of Dundee.

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