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<< Our Photo Pages >> Clach-na-Crudainn - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Highlands

Submitted by howar on Wednesday, 13 February 2008  Page Views: 8295

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Clach-na-Crudainn Alternative Name: Clachnacrudain, Clach na crudainn, Stone of the Tu
Country: Scotland County: Highlands Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Inverness
Map Ref: NH66684521
Latitude: 57.477476N  Longitude: 4.225017W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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absynthia01 visited on 1st Jan 0007 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 This stone is now part of the Merkat Cross which stands outside the townhowse on the corner of Bridge Street and Castle Street, Inverness. Acecss for disabled folk is superb.

livingstone visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 2 Access: 4 I pass this site regularly. If one dosn't mind fighting the crowds of shoppers, workers and tourists it makes interesting viewing in the middle of a busy town center. Incidently the stone is just a few yards from the excellent inverness museum



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 3 Access: 4.5

Clach-na-Crudainn
Clach-na-Crudainn submitted by howar : stone from front to town hall wall (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone (Menhir) in Highlands

NMRS record no. NH64NE 11 is a rough parallelogram of bluish sandstone measuring 1m by 80cm, presently in front of Inverness Town Hall partially under the left-hand pillar by the High Street entrance. The English translation refers to its use as a resting place by wifeys bringing up water from the river {pehaps a later folk etymology ?] One author believes it to have been a standing stone but it is more usually credited as a former rocking stone traditionally brought here from a location west of Inverness where it had been a coronation stone for the Lords of the Isles. According to a seer, who used it as a seat, as long as it stayed here Inverness was safe, and it survived the sacking of the town by Donald of the Isles. At one time it was the base for the Old Market Cross. After Culloden a Highlander hanged from an apple-tree nearby. Latterly it was built into Forbes Fountain in front of what was then called the Exchange.
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Clach-na-Crudainn
Clach-na-Crudainn submitted by howar : possible miniature 'foot' hollow at centre left only noticed later, view across stone (Vote or comment on this photo)

Clach-na-Crudainn
Clach-na-Crudainn submitted by howar : stone with modern inscribed ring (Vote or comment on this photo)

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NH6645 : Inverness:  Tollbooth Steeple by Dr Neil Clifton
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NH6645 : Inverness Town house by valenta
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NH6645 : Gaelic greeting, McDonald's fast food restaurant, Inverness by Helena Hilton
by Helena Hilton
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NH6645 : Inverness:  The Town House (Town Hall) by Dr Neil Clifton
by Dr Neil Clifton
©2013(licence)
NH6645 : Mercat cross in the High Street by kim traynor
by kim traynor
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