The stone hollowed in the form of Martha Wishart at Tullibody On the North side of the Auld Kirk is the Maiden Stone, the stone coffin in which the Maid was laid to rest the priest of Tullibody, Peter Beaton, is said to have got the Myretoun Maid, Martha Wishart, pregnant. Martha was the daughter of the Laird of Myretoun The priest, after completely winning the damsels affections, proved insincere. He is said to have been lured by the prospect of ecclesiastical advancement and broken his vows to the maid. The maid died of a broken heart because of the affair. On her death-bed she gave instructions that her body be placed in a raised stone coffin by the north door of the church, so that the site of it might shame her betrayer