Folklore

Clach an Trushal
Standing Stone / Menhir

Clach an Trushal might mean ‘stone of compassion’, or maybe ‘stone of gathering’. It’s the largest standing stone on Lewis at 5.8m high and allegedly was erected to mark a victory by the Morisons of Ness over their enemies the MacAulays of Uig.

(I probably read this in Mr Grinsell’s ‘Folklore of Prehistoric Sites in Britain’ (1976)).