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Staffa, Fingal's Wishing Chair
Natural Feature (Period Unknown)
Site Name Staffa, Fingal's Wishing Chair
Classification Natural Feature (Period Unknown)
Alternative Name(s) The Priest
Canmore ID 21783
Site Number NM33NW 2
NGR NM 325 351
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/21783
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilninian And Kilmore
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM33NW 2 325 351
In the cliffs of Staffa, opposite the S end of the Herdsman (Am Buchaille: NM 3254 3510) there is a peculiar formation in the rock resembling a large chair set into a niche in the cliff. This feature is known as 'Fingal's Wishing Chair'. This name has apparently been given to the feature within the last 100 years, as Dr Spiker, a German visitor to Staffa in 1816 calls it 'The Priest' and says 'It is believed that at one time there was an altar here.'
D MacCulloch 1934.
