Brunton

Hidden within the folding hills of north Fife to the east of Norman's Law lies the old fermetoun village of Brunton. Surviving as a cottage weaving village in the 18th and 19th centuries, Brunton is now an attractive commuter settlement. The village once had a meal mill and nearby stand the remains of a Free Church built in 1843.

 

Within Brunton is Creich Manse behind which, in the wood, lies a small and well-preserved ring of stones with petroglyphs that seem to comprise a mix of Iron Age and Romano-British designs or a form of Pictish design. The ring of stones however were not 'born' there but originally lived more than a mile to the southwest, on the grounds of Luthrie House near the OS grid-reference NO 313 195.

Creich stone circle

It seems that in 1816 “trenching operations” were being undertaken in Luthrie village on behalf of George Tod, Esq. when, at some point, the men came across a curious group of stones that seemed to have faint carvings upon them — in the centre of a ring of stones! The land-owner and parish minister (Rev. Alexander Lawson) were called to the site and they found that a double stone circle had been unearthed with a deposit of “burned human bones and charcoal” at the centre.

Luthrie Village Hall is registered as a Scottish Charity SC028458

With thanks to Fife Council for grant support

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