Clach an Teampuill
The Clach An Teampuill (also Clach An Teampaill; German "stone of the temple" ) is a menhir ( English Standing Stone ) on the Outer Hebrides -Insel Taransay in Scotland .
Taransay is a double island, the southwestern part of which (called “Àird Vanish” (Àird Mhànais) peninsula) makes up less than a third of the area of the northeastern part. The two parts are connected by the sandy, flat tombolo - isthmus "Tràigh a Siar", near which, at "Loch na h-Uidhe", stands the Clach an Teampuill.
The Clach a Teampuill is a rough four-sided ashlar stone that is about 1.75 meters high, 37.5 to 45 cm wide and 28 cm thick and on its west side, into which it is slightly inclined, an incised Latin cross of about 57, 5 × 40.0 cm.
literature
- Ian Fisher: Crosses in the ocean: some papar sites and their sculpture. In: Barbara E. Crawford (Ed.): The Papar in the North Atlantic. Environment and history. The proceedings of a day conference held on 24th February 2001 (= St. John's House Papers. 10). University of St. Andrews - Committee for Dark Age Studies, St. Andrews 2002, ISBN 0-9512573-4-X , pp. 39-57.
- Bill Lawson: The Isle of Taransay. A Harris island in its historical setting. Bill Lawson Publications, Northton - Isle of Harris 1997, ISBN 1-872598-27-7 .
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Coordinates: 57 ° 53 '45.5 " N , 7 ° 2' 36.4" W.