In a glen just outside the village of Port Charlotte lies a large, vaguely tooth-shaped boulder that’s been used by generations of locals for pain relief. 

The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland describes it as “not unlike a human molar” but you might have to squint a little to see the resemblance. An example of sympathetic magic, the tooth stone serves as a physical representation of the desired outcome. 

According to legend, if you woke up with a toothache in the night, the remedy was close at hand. You simply gathered a hammer and nail and went to find the stone. When the nail was hammered into the stone, the toothache would magically disappear.