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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 674599

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/674599

NM64NW 1 6044 4669.

(NM 6044 4669) Clach na Criche (NR) or Wishing Stone (NAT)

OS 6" map, Argyllshire, 2nd ed., (1900)

A large natural boulder, said to have been placed as a boundary mark between the lands of the Picts and Scots.

Name Book 1872.

A prominent natural rock, still known as Clach na Criche.

Visited by OS (RL) 8 June 1970.

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