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The Campbell Stone
Cairn (Period Unassigned), Stone (Period Unassigned)
Site Name The Campbell Stone
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned), Stone (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Allt Na Lairige Moire
Canmore ID 23561
Site Number NN06NE 1
NGR NN 09925 65785
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/23561
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmallie
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
NNO6NE 1 09925 65785
Cairn [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, May 2010.
Location formerly entered as NN 0992 6578.
After the 1645 Battle of Inverlochy (qv. NN17NW 3) a remnant of Argyll's forces were pursued by some of Montrose's army to a spot between the old Toll House at Blarmachfoldach and Loch Lundavra. At this point the pursuers turned back and to mark the spot erected a large stone which is called "Clach nan Caimbenlach" (the stone of the Campbells). There is a cairn of stones near to this relic said to have been erected some time in the past to indicate the exact position as there are a number of similar large stones in the vicinity.
D B MacCulloch 1938.
The Campbell Stone and its cairn are situated at NN 099 658 on the western side of, and about 6.0m from, Wade's Military Road. The former is a large boulder, now recumbent, measuring 0.9m x 0.4m x 0.5m, it is situated about 4.5m to the N of the cairn which is a heap of stones measuring about 3m in diameter and about 1.5m in height. Both now fall within the confines of a Forestry Commission afforestation area.
Visited by OS (CFW) 18 July 1961.
The cairn, as described by OS (CFW), is at NN 0992 6578. The stone is indistinguishable from many others in the vicinity of the cairn.
Cairn surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (RL) 12 May 1970.
Site recorded during a survey undertaken in June and July 1998 in advance of the replacement of an electricity overhead line following the pass along the steep-sided Allt na Lairige Moire and Allt Nathrach valleys, between Lundavra and Kinlochleven.
NN 0992 6578 Commemorative stone ('Campbell Stone') (NN06NE 1).
A detailed report has been lodged with the NMRS.
Sponsor: Turnbull Jeffrey Partnership for Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
A J Dunwell 1998.
