The Blue Stane and Kenneth MacAlpin blue plaque

St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

The Blue Stane is a relic of Pre-Christian Pictish St Andrews when it had some now forgotten ritual significance. It is reputed to have been the coronation stone of Kenneth MacAlpine, who united the Kingdoms of the Scots and the Picts in 843 A.D. According to legend, a giant standing either at Drumc

arrow or at Blebo Craigs threw the Stane at St. Rule's cell on the Kirkhill, but it fell short. The Blue Stane is shown on the John Geddy map of St. Andrews of about 1580, at which time it stood on th

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