HEART OF STONE
According to legend, the Pictish Maiden Stone in Aberdeenshire (carved more than 1,200 years ago) is actually a woman who was turned stone after losing a wager with the Devil. She bet that she could bake bannocks before he could build a road to the top of the nearby hill of Bennachie. He finished the road before the bread was ready and when she fled, he transformed her into the Maiden Stone.
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