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Natural PlacesSite Name: Clach na h-ealea (Clachan) Alternative Name: Clach na h-ealea; Stone of the Swan; Swan StoneCountry: Scotland County: Argyll Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Village: Clachan
Map Ref: NM86094342
Latitude: 56.533966N Longitude: 5.480258W
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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The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features this legendary stone - see their page for Clach na h-ealea, Clachan, Lismore, Argyll. TNA point out that although the Scottish Royal Commission originally described this as a standing stone, it is in fact an erratic boulder of granite roughly shaped in the form of a cross. Their page carries a brief archaeology and history together with local folklore about the use of this stone as a sanctuary stone.
Also see Canmore ID 23090, which tells us that this is "a granite boulder roughly in the form of a cross stands about 60 metres south of the east wall of St Moluag's cathedral (NM84SE 5). It is 0.8 metres in height and in width it is 0.6 metres at the base and 0.4 metres at the top. The stone is called Clach na h-eala (the stone of the swan) and is supposed to have marked a boundary in connection with certain rights of sanctuary."
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