
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Clash-an-dam as Stone Row (neolithic) - (bronze Age). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Clash-an-dam is likely associated with the Neolithic or Bronze Age and may have functioned as a ceremonial or ritual site, common for such stone rows in prehistoric Scotland. Its name, meaning "battle of the dam," suggests possible later folklore or historical memory linked to the landscape.
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Photo: Sandy Gerrard · CC BY-SA 2.0