Clach an Trushal
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Clach an Trushal (Template:Langx, Script error: No such module "IPA"., translated to English "Stone of Compassion") is said to be the tallest standing stone in Scotland.[1] Above ground it stands approximately Script error: No such module "convert". tall, is Script error: No such module "convert". wide and at its thickest point is Script error: No such module "convert". thick, with a girth at its base of Script error: No such module "convert"..[1] The stone is in the village of Ballantrushal on the west side of Lewis. Local legend says that it marks the site of a great battle, the last to be fought between the feuding clans of the Macaulays and Morrisons.[2] However it is actually the solitary upright stone remaining from a stone circle built about 5,000 years ago. It occupied a place within the circle, although its placement was not central. The second last standing stone was removed in 1914, and used as a lintel.
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- Buildings and structures completed in the 4th millennium BC
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- Archaeological sites in the Outer Hebrides
- Macaulay family (Lewis)
- Standing stones in Scotland
- Scheduled monuments in the Outer Hebrides
- Buildings and structures in the Isle of Lewis