Islay, Gruinart, Aoradh, Clach Mhic-'illean
Commemorative Stone (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Islay, Gruinart, Aoradh, Clach Mhic-'illean
Classification Commemorative Stone (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 37361
Site Number NR26NE 1
NGR NR 2735 6735
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/37361
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilchoman
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR26NE 1 2735 6735.
(NR 2735 6735) Clach Mhic-'illean (NR)
OS 6" map, Argyllshire, 2nd ed., (1900)
A block of whinstone about 3ft high erected to mark the spot where Lachlan McLean, Chieftain of the McLeans of Mull, fell at the battle of Traigh Ghrimeart (1598) (NR26NE 6).
Name Book 1878.
All that could be seen in July 1959 were small boulders, forming no particular pattern near the edge of a field.
F Celoria 1959.
Not prehistoric.
Information from RCAHMS to OS.
Clach Mhic-'illean (name not verified) is presumably the insignificant stone slab situated near the edge of a pasture field at NR 2735 6735. It is 0.6m high, 0.5m broad and 0.2m thick and bears no inscription nor any indication of its origin.
Surveyed at 1:10000.
Visited by OS (T R G) 7 May 1978.
