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Clyth Stone
Standing Stone, Caithness
- Nearest town: Wick
- Nearest village: Clyth
- OS Map: 11
- OS Map reference: ND273362
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Antoine Goodland writes: There is another stone in Caithness which I think
is worthy of mention. It is a tall stone in the Clyth cemetry (approx 4 miles north of
Lybster) It has a 'Templar' type cross carved on it which is difficult to see unless the
light is right. This stone is known as the 'Clyth Stone' and I would like to know more
about it as my great-great grandparents Catherine Sinclair and Sinclair Clark are buried
beside it. The 'CLYTH STONE' is probably the tallest and most elegant standing stone in
Caithness. It is certainly, the least known, being situated in a private cemetery facing
the North Sea, in Clyth.
Clyth is rather more a district than a village in this remote part of
Scotland and the access road to the cemetery is a tiny unmarked farmer's lane off the A9.
(Blink and you've missed it!) The mystique about the Clyth Stone is that it was engraved
many centuries ago with a cross‚ which is only visible in certain lights. The best
time to see the cross engraved on the stone is in the morning when the sun is shining from
the East. At any other time of the day it is extremely difficult to discern - even if one
is right there nose to nose in front of the stone! Any theories about the Cross Pattern on
the Clyth Stone will be welcome and open to discussion, and should be addressed to Antonia
Goodland, agoodland@aol.com.
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