Monument record MHG4669 - Clach Chatail
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NN 4709 9571 (10m by 10m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NN49NE |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | LAGGAN |
| Geographical Area | BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY |
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NN49NE 1 4709 9571.
(NN 4709 9571) Uamh Clach Chathail (NR) (Standing Stone)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)
This stone, broken in two pieces, is traditionally said to mark the grave of an Irishman called Cathelus, who ran off with Cluny MacPherson's daughter and was murdered on this spot about 200 years ago (ONB 1870).
Although there is no recorded cave associated with the stone (Uamh=cave) there is one traditionally associated with Cathelus in Creag Chathalain at NN 496 946 (ONB 1870).
Name Book 1870.
Clach Chathail is comparatively unweathered granite block, 0.8m high, of roughly square section tapering towards the top. Beside the base there is another recumbent block of granite of approximately the same dimensions as the standing stone. According to MacAskill (Mr MacAskill, Melgarve, Laggan, by Newtonmore, Inverness-shire), the body was later removed from this spot and buried in sanctified ground.
Visited by OS (R D) 24 April 1964.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG3346 Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 16, 51, 58.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
