Visited June 2011
Image credit: Uwe Häberle 06/2011
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Visited June 2011
Image credit: Uwe Häberle 06/2011
Image credit: Howburn Digger
A sky-wide rainbow spans the blue above Diarmaid’s Pillar.
Image credit: Howburn Digger
Big, gnarled and hoary
Image credit: Chris Bickerton
Kerb cairn just behind the mega lith.
Image credit: Chris Bickerton
If I may say so, a splendid stone indeed........
Image credit: Robert Gladstone
no-one seems to have noticed this hefty stone
Image credit: Chris Bickerton
Image credit: Chris Bickerton
Image credit: Chris Bickerton
Image credit: John Miller
Looking ESE, kerb cairn in the background
Looking due south
Taken summer 1991: This is a view of the stone from the road. The kerb cairn is only just out of this shot, but I discovered this 12 years too late.
Image credit: Simon Marshall
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I visited this on the way back from Mull. The farmer has provided a sort of wire step arrangement to allow those with long legs to get over the fence! This is a big stone – 3.8m tall.
Visited summer 1991: I can only dimly remember this visit, and unfortunately I was totally oblivious to the stone circle and cairns at the time. Either that or we stumbled across the stone by chance. I know I was impressed by the size of the thing, but I wish I’d paid more attention.
“The impressive standing stone at Strontoiller is a rough-cut pillar, standing some thirteen feet high, which was used in healing rituals. It is said to mark the grave of Diarmid, the mythical hero. The adjacent cairn was excavated and some cremated bone was found. Quartz chips and pebbles were found under the kerbstone: quartz is often associated with burial sites in the west.”
Magic and Witchcraft in Scotland
by Joyce Miller.
This standing stone is said to mark the grave of Diarmid, a mythical hero who was associated with Finn MacCool.
An old photo of Clach na Carraig by Alvin Langdon Coburn, tantalizingly described as “Serpent Mound & Cross, Cross Iova, Stone Oban”.
The date of the photo isn’t clear. Mr Coburn was alive between 1882 and 1966, so my guess would be early 20th Century.
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Sites within 20km of Clach na Carraig
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Strontoiller 1
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Strontoiller Cairn
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Strontoiller Stone Circle
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Rubha na Moine
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Glenmachrie
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Loch Nell
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Dalineun Isle
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Serpent Mound, Loch Nell
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Dalnaneun Farm, Loch Nell
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Cleigh 1 & 2
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Kilmore House
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Invercairn
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Ariogan
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Dalnacabaig
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Dun Iadain
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Achalevan
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Lochan A’chirn
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Achnacree
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Achnacreebeag
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Slaterich
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Benderloch B
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Carn Breugach
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Benderloch
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Nelson’s Monument
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Duachy
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Dun Chruban
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Barr Mor
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Auchachenna
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Eilean Musdile (destroyed)
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Tirrefour
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Port Sonachan
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Inverfolla
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Port Donain
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Ardchonnell
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Lochdon
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Turnalt Farm
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Keppochan Cup Marked Boulder