The Love Lock Sculpture near St. Andrew's Church in Fergus attracts many couples since being installed in 2014.
A love lock is a padlock usually put onto a bridge, fence or sculpture to symbolize a couple’s love and commitment to each other.
But the spot has been associated with couples in love long before the Love Lock Sculpture. Not far from the sculpture is the Kissing Stone, also known as the Kissing Stane, which was historically a popular place for young couples in the 1800s and seen as a good luck spot.
The Kissing Stone was a popular meeting spot for couples in the 1800s.
“People would say ‘I’ll meet you at the stone’ then couples began to meet at the stone and it became the Kissing Stane,” LOCAL historian Pat Mestern said.
