Clach-na-Cruich
The rock carvings on the Clach-na-Cruich (also called Stone of the Measles or St Ciaran's Seat) are in Perthshire in Scotland .
In a field west of Fearnan there is a 1.5 m long, 0.8 m wide and 1.0 m high, armchair-shaped boulder with a large bowl on the seat. There are other bowls on its surface and on the sides. Reverend Hugh MacMillan (1833–1903) noted seven in 1884, but some of them appear weathered. Two were a kind of cup-and-ring markings , but were only surrounded by half -rings that are unique and look like eyes with browbones. On one side there is a deep square depression that can hold about two liters of water and is artificial. The coarse slate stone was brought to the site from a considerable distance.
The seat of the great stone continually fills with rainwater, which William A. Gillies said was considered an effective remedy for measles , and there are still people in Fearnan who were placed in the water of the measles stone as children.
folklore
Considered an ancient initiation seat in local legends, when the Iroschottic Church gained influence , the stone was adopted as the seat of Saint Ciaran.
See also
literature
- Hugh Macmillan: Notice of two boulders having rain-filled cavities on the shores of Loch Tay, formerly associated with the cure of disease , Proc Soc Antiq Scot, Vol. 18, 1883-4. P. 369
Web links
- Description Engl. and picture
- Entry on Clach-na-Cruich in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database
Coordinates: 56 ° 34 ′ 37.5 " N , 4 ° 5 ′ 14.7" W.