Fingal’s Limpet Hammers are a pair of standing stones in Scotland that are associated with the legendary Celtic giant Fingal. The stones are named for their resemblance to limpet hammers, which are tools used to break limpets off rocks. The stones are also so large that only a giant like Fingal could wield them.
The stones are also known as Carrach An, which may mean “the pillars or erect stones”. During ploughing in the early 20th century, an underground passage was discovered, but it was later covered up.
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