Clach Na Sanais
Stone (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Clach Na Sanais
Classification Stone (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 14146
Site Number NH74NE 11
NGR NH 7950 4923
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14146
- Council Highland
- Parish Croy And Dalcross (Inverness)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH74NE 11 7950 4923.
(NH 790423) Clach na Sanais (NAT) (The Stone of Warning, or Whisper, or Secret).
OS 25"map, Inverness, (1870)
A rock about 12ft by 6ft by 4ft high.
Name Book 1869.
Traditionally, the stone where a Cumming warned the MacIntoshes of the Cummings' plan to massacre them when the MacIntoshes were to be feasted at the Cummings' Castle of Rait. Forewarned, the MacIntoshes accepted the hospitality but massacred the Cummings - except the informer.
New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845.
Clach no Sanais is a large rock on the SE side of a pasture field of the dimensions stated by the Ordnance Survey Name Book (ONB). The tradition associated with this stone is still known locally.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 12 August 1964.
