Clach A' Charra
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Clach A' Charra
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Ospisdale Bridge
Canmore ID 14644
Site Number NH78NW 11
NGR NH 7164 8949
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Creich (Sutherland)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NH78NW 11 7164 8949.
(NH 7164 8949) Stone (NAT) Clach a' Charra (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1973)
Local tradition says the stone marks the grave of a 'Danish' chief; and Joass calls the hole a staple-hole and notes an associated 'swinging chafe' as if a 'jougs' or iron collar had hung from it.
Name Book 1874.
A pointed monolith, 11ft 2ins high, and quadrangular in section, with sides measuring 20ins, 22ins, 17ins and 11ins. across. The south face is flat and smooth and, at a height of 5ft, a hole 1 1/4ins across and 1 3/4ins deep has been drilled into it about 1ins east of the centre.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909.
A standing stone as described.
Visited by OS (W D J) 5 June 1963.
No change to preceeding reports.
Visited by OS (J M) 19 September 1980.
Scheduled as Clach a'Charra, standing stone.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 30 January 2003.
Field Visit (8 July 1909)
97. Standing-Stone, Clach á Charra, Ospisdale.
On the roadside near Ospisdale House is a tall pointed monolith standing 11' 2" above ground. It is quadrangular in section, the sides measuring 20", 22", 17", and 11" respectively. The S. face is flat and smooth, and 5' above the ground a hole, 1¼" across and 1¾" deep, has been drilled into it about 1" E. of the centre. It is called ‘Clach á Charra’.
OS 6-inch map: Sutherland Sheet cxii.
RCAHMS 1911, visited (AOC) 8th July 1909.
