The stones are a natural rock feature, and the legend gives them a maker. The pin is placed on the muir and may be a few hundred metres out, since no coordinates were given in the sources.
Folklore & legend
The Auld Wives' Lifts
Also known as: Auld Wife's Lifts
Craigmaddie Muir, Baldernock, above Milngavie
Tradition, undated
A short walk over open moorland above Milngavie.
- Evidence
- Long-standing local tradition
- Access
- Open ground
- Location
- 55.952, -4.275 (Parish-level only, treat as an area)
Sources: BL-11 Auld Wives' Lifts, Baldernock, Trails and Tales [other]; The Auld Wifes Lifts, The Modern Antiquarian [other]; Craigmaddie Muir, Auld Wives' Lifts, Canmore [other]
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