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<< Our Photo Pages >> Clach nan Sul (Balquhidder) - Rock Art in Scotland in Perth and Kinross

Submitted by Anne T on Thursday, 25 May 2017  Page Views: 2178

Rock ArtSite Name: Clach nan Sul (Balquhidder) Alternative Name: Stone of the Eyes
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.2 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Perth and Kinross Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Callander  Nearest Village: Balqhidder
Map Ref: NN54562084
Latitude: 56.357465N  Longitude: 4.355526W
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.
4 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
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Clach nan Sul (Balquhidder)
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Rock Art in Perth and Kinross

This cup marked stone, also known as the "Stone of the Eyes" is recorded on Canmore ID 24150 which tells us: "a large boulder used to be visible on the left-hand side of the road, east from Balquhidder, beyond the farm-house of Wester Auchleskine. It had a natural cavity in its side, famous as a curing-well for sore eyes, people putting money in the cavity. It was called "Clach nan sul" - the stone of the eyes. It was broken up for road metal in 1878." The entry is updated in 1968 to read: "the remains of this stone, considerably fractured and the natural cavity no longer evident, were pointed out ..... in the bank on the N side of the road at NN 5456 2084. It is still known as 'Clach nan sul'.

The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also feature a page on this stone - see their entry for Clach nan Sul, Balquhidder, Perthshire, which gives a brief archaeology and history and local folklore, together with a photograph. TNA also mentions that "There are numerous accounts of other stones in this mountainous region of Scotland where rocks-with-hollows filled with water were attributed with healing properties, like the Whooping Cough Stone at Struan, the Measles Stone at Fearnan, and many others."

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NN5420 : Auchleskine, Balquhidder by Alan Reid
by Alan Reid
©2013(licence)
NN5420 : Floodplain of River Balvag looking north towards Auchleskine Farm by paul birrell
by paul birrell
©2006(licence)
NN5420 : The road to Balquhidder by Jim Barton
by Jim Barton
©2015(licence)
NN5420 : Pastureland that also acts as a flood plain for the River Balvag by Peter Wood
by Peter Wood
©2022(licence)
NN5420 : Tigh na Puidrac in 1995 by Trevor Littlewood
by Trevor Littlewood
©2023(licence)

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