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Natural PlacesSite Name: Clach na Ban-righ Alternative Name: Queen StoneCountry: Scotland County: Isle of Coll Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Village: Clabhach
Map Ref: NM181582
Latitude: 56.630502N Longitude: 6.598473W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in Argyll
This glacial erratic was featured in BBC 2's 'Grand Tours of The Scottish Islands' on 2nd November 2015.
It's a very large chunk of rock balanced on three small rocks on Ben Hogh on the Isle of Coll.
A good photo can be seen here:
http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/islands/ben-hogh.shtml
and also here:
www.geograph.org.uk/photo/164963
Dr Samuel Johnson came here on his tour of the Hebrides in 1773, and a diary of this journey, from August to November of that year, was written by James Boswell:
'A Journal of A Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, by James Boswell.'
On Tuesday, 5th October Boswell records that he and Dr Johnson set out from Grissipol heading for Breacacha, the family seat of the Laird of Col, and on their way they passed this stone.
To quote from the book:
"We passed by a place where there is a very large stone, I may call it a rock; - "a vast weight for Ajax." The tradition is, that a giant threw such another stone at his mistress, up to the top of a hill, at a small distance; and that she in return, threw this mass down to him. It was all in sport.
Malo me petit lasciva puella.
As we advanced, we came to a large extent of plain ground. I had not seen such a place for a long time. Col [the Laird] and I took a gallop upon it by way of race. It was very refreshing to me, after having been so long taking short steps in hilly countries."
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