A peculiar kind of stone, called pudding stone, is found on the isolated mountain of Slieve Gouldry, on the southern confines of the parish, and there is a quarry of freestone, which was worked for flags.
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In places the fissured red and green coloured sandstone is replaced by picturesque conglomerate with roundish stones varying in diameter from two to thirty centimetres ( historically known as pudding stone in this region of Kincardineshire ).
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Three large monoliths of conglomerate stone, commonly referred to as pudding stone, are located in a field on the eastern side of the B4293 to the south of the village . ( SO 498051 ) The stones, situated on publicly accessible land belonging to the Davies family of Crosshands Farm, are a scheduled ancient monument.
