📌 Shader, Isle of Lewis
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Reputedly marking the site of the last battle between the Macaulay and Morrison clans, Clach an Trushal (or Stone of Compassion, in Gaelic: Clach an Truiseil) is probably Scotland’s tallest standing stone. This lichen-encrusted gneiss monolith thrusts nearly six metres into the sky close to the Isle of Lewis’s northwestern coastline. Originally it stood within a stone circle, but the stones forming the surrounding ring itself have been moved or repurposed.
🌍 Location
📌 By minor road off A857 at Ballantrushal, Shader, Isle of Lewis
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NB 376538
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 58.393411,-6.492900
🚌 Infrequent bus stops on A857 at stone turnoff
🚗 Car park
📝 Key info
⌚ Always viewable
🎫 Free
