Found that damn reference. In J & C Bord's "Secret Country" they describe on Eriskay "a standing stone eight feet high near the church of St. Columba. This was one of the stones which were once carefully preserved by wrapping in flannel. It was known as a 'bowing stone' and the locals used to make their obeisances to it while reciting the Lord's Prayer" - which would obviously have had a heathen precursor.
Though I'm sure there's summat else in another book about this. Anyone gotta copy of Swire's "Outer Hebrides & its Legends"? It might be in there - along with the real name of the place.
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