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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Clach-na-Crudainn Alternative Name: Clachnacrudain, Clach na crudainn, Stone of the TuCountry: Scotland County: Highlands Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Inverness
Map Ref: NH66684521
Latitude: 57.477476N Longitude: 4.225017W
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 |
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absynthia01 visited on 1st Jan 0007 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 This stone is now part of the Merkat Cross which stands outside the townhowse on the corner of Bridge Street and Castle Street, Inverness. Acecss for disabled folk is superb.
livingstone visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 2 Access: 4 I pass this site regularly. If one dosn't mind fighting the crowds of shoppers, workers and tourists it makes interesting viewing in the middle of a busy town center. Incidently the stone is just a few yards from the excellent inverness museum
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 3 Access: 4.5
NMRS record no. NH64NE 11 is a rough parallelogram of bluish sandstone measuring 1m by 80cm, presently in front of Inverness Town Hall partially under the left-hand pillar by the High Street entrance. The English translation refers to its use as a resting place by wifeys bringing up water from the river {pehaps a later folk etymology ?] One author believes it to have been a standing stone but it is more usually credited as a former rocking stone traditionally brought here from a location west of Inverness where it had been a coronation stone for the Lords of the Isles. According to a seer, who used it as a seat, as long as it stayed here Inverness was safe, and it survived the sacking of the town by Donald of the Isles. At one time it was the base for the Old Market Cross. After Culloden a Highlander hanged from an apple-tree nearby. Latterly it was built into Forbes Fountain in front of what was then called the Exchange.
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