Old photograph of Pitempten near Dundee, Scotland. A local legend states that the farmer at Pitempton had nine daughters, and one day he sent one to the well for water. When she did not return, he sent another, and so on until all nine were missing. When he investigated he found their mangled remains along with a great serpent or dragon. On rousing the countryside, a young man named Martin. lover of one of his daughters, attacked the dragon and eventually slew it.
A rhyme recalls Martin's killing of the dragon
" Tempted at Pitempton,
Draigled at Baldragon,
Stricken at Strathmartin,
And killed at Martin's Stone. "
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