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Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLACH AN TRUISEIL | A Standing stone nineteen feet high above ground, And about three foot square at it's base, It is supposed that there are no less than 12 feet of it Sunk into the ground which, if true, Renders it the longest Standing Stone in Lewis. the traditions Regarding it are vague and unsatisfactory. Some parties maintain, owing to it's Resemblance to Those at Callanish, that it is a Druidical Erection - (other believe it to have been Erected (turn over) [continued on page 64] |
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Plan 5 C -- List of Names collected by 2nd Corp [Corporal] Hayes
Trace 3
Township or Parish - Barvas
Object
Clach an Truiseil - Stone
Ordnance Survey - Ross and Cromarty county, OS Name Books - Ross and Cromarty county (Insular) - Volume 7 - Parish of Barvas, OS1/27/7
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Barvas.
Ordnance Survey - Ross and Cromarty county
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