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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 652054
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/652054
NC91NW 11 9404 1508.
(NC 9404 1508) Clach Mhic Mhios (NR).
OS 6" map, (1964)
Situated on a slight eminence on the moor, to the E of the hill road from Loth to Kildonan, is a standing stone of red sandstone. It is 11' high, 4' 11" broad where broadest about 7' from the ground, 2' 9" broad at the base, and 1'3" thick. It faces ESW and WNW. It is known as the 'Clach Mhic Mhios'. Near the large standing stone are two stones of smaller size erected "in the same manner".
Statistical Account (OSA) 1793; RCAHMS 1911.
This stone is as described above. The two smaller stones mentioned were not located.
Visited by OS (E G C) 4 June 1961 and (J B) 20 April 1976.
