These are almost lost and forgotten - often removed by farmers or sidelined to the edges of fields, but their purpose is surrounded by folklaw and magic.
When I found one locally on an old map it simply said "Woof" on the map - so I asked a local farmer friend about it. His tone changed and he began to speak in a low, knowing voice about the woofstanes - and a harestane that was on his land - but not on any map.
He showed me the Woofstane at the side of the road, and was a rather boring but large and long stone, and a few yards away the harestane. He cleared the grass from around it and showed me the inprint of a rabbits foot on it's top surface.
These date back to the practice - mostly by farmers of leaving an offering for the wolves in winter, and for the hares in spring, or more likely the God & Goddess at the spring and winter eqinox - and asking that the year be fruitful and that they won't starve to death.
As such they are magical altars that have been used certainly since the Picts, and many have Pictish carvings on them.
When I can photograph them I will, but are pretty ordinary looking stones. The main relevance is their position - and their deep history of use - and many are still quietly used to this day.
This is a local map, but some just have the word "Woof" denoting the position of the stone. It is not marked on the modern version of the map.
