<< Our Photo Pages >> Clach Ossian - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in Scotland in Perth and Kinross
Submitted by hamish on Monday, 17 October 2005 Page Views: 12998
Natural PlacesSite Name: Clach Ossian Alternative Name: Ossian's Stone; Cairn Ossian; Clach-na-Ossian; Giant's Grave; Ossian's Grave; Soldier's GraveCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 3.5 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Perth and Kinross Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Crieff
Map Ref: NN8953130593
Latitude: 56.454506N Longitude: 3.794003W
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 |
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| 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 |
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markj99 visited on 30th Nov 2018 There is a passing place at NN 8952 3051 on the A822 to park up carefully. There is a gateway E of the passing place into a rough field. Clach Ossian is c. 90 yards N of the gate.
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This is a glacial erratic in a field off the road through The Sma' Glen. It was reputed to be the grave of the Bard Ossian. When it was moved out of the way by General Wade's road builders ' with much effort ' it is said a cavity 2ft square was found under it. This contained ashes, scraps of bone and bits of burned heather. The contents were removed with great ceremony by the local Highlanders and reburied in Glen Almond.
For more information see Canmore site no. 25554, extracts of which read: "There is nothing here but a huge upright boulder, to which Wade's road has obviously been aimed at from the S. Remains of the road and stone wall beside it are plainly to be seen. There is no evidence of a cairn or of the four stones mentioned ... 27 April 1940." and updated in 1970 to say: "Ossian's Stone" is surrounded by the remains of a turf-covered stone wall, rather than a stone circle. The E half is as planned but the W half has obliterated except for two surviving stones. No trace of a cist was found."
This stone is also featured on The Northern Antiquarian (TNA), - see their entry for Ossian’s Stone, Sma’ Glen, Fowlis Wester, Perthshire, which has directions for finding this site, together with photographs, a 1834 sketch, Cole's 1911 plan, a drawing and an archaeology & history which draws from several references.
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