Logan Stones
Preserved but no longer current.
Rocking stones; large masses of stone so delicately poised by nature that they will rock to and fro at a touch. There are many logan stones in Cornwall, Derbyshire, Yorkshire, and Wales, and some well-known specimens in Scotland and Ireland; they were formerly used in connexion with Druidical rites.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Logan Stones” mean?
Rocking stones; large masses of stone so delicately poised by nature that they will rock to and fro at a touch. There are many logan stones in Cornwall, Derbyshire, Yorkshire, and Wales, and some well-known specimens in Scotland and Ireland; they were formerly used in connexion with Druidical rites.
Is “Logan Stones” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.