What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Strontoiller, Clach Na Carraig as Standing Stone (prehistoric). 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.
Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, Clach Na Carraig may have functioned as a territorial marker, ceremonial focus, or astronomical alignment point. Local folklore sometimes associates such stones with protective or ancestral significance.
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Places near here
Clach na Carraig (Diarmaid's Pillar)Archaeological place · 5 yd
StrontoillerKerb Cairn (later Prehistoric) · 14 yd
Torr-an-tuircTownship (post Medieval) · 1428 yd
CorshellachFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1650 yd
Deadh ChoimheadMountain / peak · 2.4 mi
Oban HillMountain / peak · 2.9 mi
McCaig's TowerHeritage attraction · 3.0 mi
Dunollie Road, ObanNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 3.0 mi
Pennyfuir CemeteryRadio Station (second World War) · 3.1 miOban, Dunollie RoadNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 3.2 mi
Camas Bruaich RuaidheBay · 3.3 mi
Oban BayBay · 3.5 miOther information
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