Fingal's Limpet Hammers
Fingal's Limpet Hammers (also Drumdash or Carrach An - German columns or upright stones called) are approximately 70 m northeast of the farmhouse at Kilchattan Lower Kilchattan, on the Inner Hebrides -Insel Colonsay in the Highlands in Scotland .
It is a pair of stones as the remainder of a stone circle . Fingal is the name of a fictional Celtic legend king and "Limpet Hammers" refers to the similarity of the stones with the tools that were used to detach limpets ( German limpets ) from the rocks.
The two stones are about 13.8 m apart and the former circle can still be determined. It had a diameter of about 14.5 m. The southern stone, inclined slightly to the west, is about 3.2 m high. It tapers to a blunt end and has a cross section of 0.4 × 0.5 m. The north stone is 2.5 m high and 0.37 × 0.45 m wide. There used to be a kiln on the west side. When this was removed in 1901, stones were exposed underneath that may have belonged to the circle.
By chance, an underground structure was discovered within the circle, which is probably a stone box . It was 0.75 to 0.9 m wide, with a capstone, the top of which was about 20 cm below the surface. The opening was covered again to make farming easier.
Nearby is Riasg Buidhe .
literature
- Anna Ritchie, Graham Ritchie: Scotland. To Oxford Archaeological Guide . Oxford University Press, Oxford 1998, ISBN 0-19-288002-0 , ( Oxford archaeological guides )
Web links
- Entry on Fingal's Limpet Hammers in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
- photos
- Description Engl. and pictures
Coordinates: 56 ° 4 ′ 31.2 " N , 6 ° 13 ′ 56.3" W.