Site Represents a site. Prim Media 511 Denomination Catholic Institutional nature Museum, Ecomuseum, Extended Museum, Territorial Museum, Cultural Center, Memory House, e-Museum, etc Building Condition 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mares Craig Quarry Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived sacredlandscapesoffife Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Bess Rhodes Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 242 Type The nature or genre of the resource Site Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,56.345719808342224,-3.217830255710495; Description An account of the resource The hill known as Mares Craig was for many years a stone quarry. In the 1920s a Celtic handbell, of the type associated with early medieval religious foundations, was discovered here, along with a considerable number of dressed stones and lime mortar. Human remains, some of them in what may have been long cists (a type of stone box for burials), were also found in the area during the early twentieth century. It is therefore possible that Mares Craig was the site of an early medieval chapel. Unfortunately, the likeliest locations for this building have since been destroyed by quarrying. The place-name Mares Craig may also have religious associations. The name is recorded as far back as 1541, when it was spelled ‘Mariscrag’. It is thought that this may be a reference to the Virgin Mary (to whom the nearby Lindores Abbey was dedicated). Date Submitted Date of submission of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Submitted may be relevant are a thesis (submitted to a university department) or an article (submitted to a journal). 24/11/2022 References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. Historic Environment Scotland, Canmore entry for ‘Mares Craig Quarry’: https://canmore.org.uk/site/30073/mares-craig-quarry [Accessed 20 October 2021]. Glasgow University, Place-Names of Fife website, ‘Mares Craig’: https://fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk/placename/?id=2398 [Accessed 20 October 2021]. Extent The size or duration of the resource. cm x cm x cm Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Data Provider The name or identifier of the organisation that contributes data to Europeana. Mares Craig Quarry Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT