Mull, Catchean
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Mull, Catchean
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 21776
Site Number NM32SW 5
NGR NM 30 23
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilfinichen And Kilvickeon
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM32SW 5 30 23.
A large and fine sanding stone, which stood above the ancient ferry to Iona, was called "An Caitcheannach Mor" - "the great stone of the common", the neighbouring land being called "The Common" (Catchean -
NM 30 23). It was destroyed in 1863 through a great granite block falling on it from quarrying operations in the neighbourhood. Traditionally it, and other members of a series of standing stones, marked the route taken by pilgrims going across Mull to Iona from Grass Point.
T Maclauchlan 1865.
Standing stone - Catchean.
Argyll County Council 1914.
There is no trace of this stone. It may have been the last marker stone on the pilgrim route to Iona.
Visited by OS (DWR) 5 June 1972.
There is no trace of this standing stone; its exact location has not been recorded.
RCAHMS 1980, visited 1973.
