Archaeology Notes

Event ID 676155

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/676155

NM92NW 2 90767 28957

(NM 9076 2895) Clach na Carraig (NR)

OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)

Spelt variously Clach na Carra (Name Book 1870), Clach Dhiarmaid (W Thomson 1925) Carrach Dhiarmaid (R A Smith 1879), Carragh Dhiarmaid (W Thomson 1925), ie Diarmaid's Pillar (W Thomson 1925), this is a massive granite monolith which stands 3.81 metres high and measures over 3.96 metres in girth. Irregularly rhomboidal in plan, the four faces measure, near ground level, 1.22, 1.07, 0.86 and 0.91 metres respectively, with a slight tapering towards the top. There is no indication that the stone was artificially shaped. It is said to mark the spot where Diarmaid, the Fingalian hero, died and was buried.

OS Name Book 1870; R A Smith 1879; W Thomson 1925.

As described. Name 'Clach na Carraig' confirmed locally.

Surveyed at 1:2500 scale.

Visited by OS (D W R), 1 September 1971.