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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CLACH AN TRUISEIL Clach an Truiseil
Clach an Truiseil
Clach an Truiseil
John Morrison
John McKay
Allan Ross
004 [Situation] On the Western margins of the
plan 90 chains S.W [South West] by West of Siadeir Iorach village.
A standing stone, nineteen feet above ground, and about three feet square at its base, It is supposed, that there are no less than 12 feet of it Sunk in the ground, which, if true, renders it the longest standing stone in the Lewis. The traditions regarding it are vague and uncertain. Some parties maintain, owing to the resemblance to those at Callanish, that it is a Druidical Erection. Others believe it to have been erected by the Danes, to mark the site of one of their victories.
For further information See page 145 of the statistical account of Ross and Cromarty Shires.

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Parish of Barvas
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Form No. 136
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