This week, we took a trip along to the Ravenswood Avenue standing stone, where locals are every bit as miffed by the ancient landmark's origins as we are.
The prehistoric monument, which has supposedly stood for as long as the great pyramids of Egypt, now stands surrounded on all sides by a post-war housing development in the Inch area of Edinburgh.
Thought to have been erected in the Neolithic period, around 4,000 years ago, the stone predates every other man-made structure for miles around
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Some scholars have suggested that it was put in place to commemorate an ancient battle or that it was used for a ritualistic purpose, but the truth is nobody really knows for sure.
The forgotten grey sandstone block is nearly 7ft tall and is caged in by railings to protect it from vandals.
Gordon Cunningham has lived on Ravenswood Avenue for 25 years, a stone's throw from the megalith, but admits he knows very little about it.
He said: "I know nothing about it really, just that it's been there for two or three thousands years, or whatever it is. What it's in aid of, I don't know.
"There'd probably be nothing else about here when it was put up, just a big field. Maybe it even had a connection with the castle. All this land would've belonged to the royals that stayed there, I should imagine.
"The papers and the experts, they don't even know, do they? It's still standing after all this time, but they've had to put a decent fence around it to protect it."
Another local resident, Bob Hendrie, said: “I’ve lived in the area for many years, but to be quite honest with you I haven’t a clue about the stone. I’ve always been puzzled by it.
“It’s always been a bit of an oddity in the area, but it wouldn’t be the same without it. I like the fact they kept it.”
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While information on the standing stone is definitely thin on the ground, for those who grew up around Ravenswood Avenue, the ancient monument has always been a part of their lives.
In the days before mobile phones, local children regularly agreed to meet and play around the landmark, which stands in a cul-de-sac, that residents have long referred to as "The Square".
And, until fairly recently, the stone was a focal point on Bonfire Night. A huge bonfire would be lit by locals each November within touching distance of the Ravenswood stone - it's quite possible their Pagan ancestors were doing something very similar around the stone thousands of years earlier.
One long-time Ravenswood Avenue resident, who wished to remain anonymous, told us: "I've lived here since the age of 10, and when we were bairns, we all used to play around it.
"In the Square there they used to have big bonfires. They don't do it anymore now because of health and safety, but it was great fun. We used to chuck tatties in the fire and watch them go up.
"I don't know much about the stone, it's just always been there."
Margaret Anderson, who no longer lives in the Inch, but regularly comes back to visit family, commented: “When I was a wee lassie we’d be playing around that stone all day long. It was a kind of meeting point where we’d all gather and there were hardly any cars. Carefree days.
“I can remember playing all sorts of games on the railings. There’s one that has a wee gap where we would squeeze through. Quite handy if you dropped your dolly down the side. I don’t think I could squeeze through it now mind you!”
Writing on the Lost Edinburgh group on Facebook, Kevin McLeish commented: "I used to play a game called basket here, which involved chipping the football over the railings and landing it in there, if you missed the next player had two touch from where the ball landed. The cars took a bit of a pounding back in the day!"
A spokesman for Historic Environment Scotland said: "The monument is of national importance as an icon of prehistoric ritual, albeit in a modern urban setting.
"Although the stone no longer has any archaeological potential, it is a monument with cultural significance, capable of speaking to a modern urban population, and worthy of legal protection in its present setting."
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