HAWKSTONE, a hamlet, in the parish of St-Madoes,
county of Perth, 2^ miles (W. S. W.) from
Errol; containing 51 inhabitants. It lies in the eastern
part of the parish, and is one of the only two hamlets,
or, as they are sometimes designated, villages, it contains.
Here is a large stone, which tradition says is the
stone whereon the hawk of the peasant Hay, the supposed
ancestor of the noble family of that name, alighted, after
it had performed its flight over the land that was, consequently,
given to that gallant rustic, in reward of the
services he is said to have performed at the battle of
Luncarty. Hence the name of the place. See Redgorton.