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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Raven's Stone (Elgol) Alternative Name: The Raven's BeakCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.9 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Isle of Skye Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Village: Elgol
Map Ref: NG520144
Latitude: 57.153265N Longitude: 6.102271W
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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Standing Stone (Menhir) in Isle of Skye
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) tell us about this now destroyed standing stone near Elgol on the Isle of Sky - see their page for the Raven’s Stone, Elgol, Strathaird, Skye.
TNA tells us: "(this stone) was described in Otta Swire’s (1961:230) superb book on the folklore of Skye, where she wrote: 'Overlooking Elgol is Bidein an Fhithich. Near here once stood the famous Raven’s Stone, about which the Brahn Seer prophesied. It is believed that this prophecy, however, can never be fulfilled, as seventy or eighty years ago the stone was broken up and the main portion of it is now incorporated in one wall of the Glendale church, according to the Rev. A. R. Forbes’ Place Names of Skye. The stone was believed to have had some connexion with old pagan religious ceremonies.'"
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