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Clach Gille Odhar Lismore Argyllshire Scotland

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Note about 'Clach Gill O'ar', August 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/106
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Note about 'Clach Gill O'ar' [Clach Gille Odhar, Achadun, Lios Mòr/Lismore] including questions asked of it and that it was rolled down the hill about fifty years before [c.1833]. The note states 'Still the echo is bet[ter] from [it] than elsewhere'.

Dates: August 1883

Note about 'Clach Gill'oar', August 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/22
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Note about a stone possibly at the site of the chapel on Bernera Island, Lios Mòr/Lismore called 'Clach Gill'oar' on which one could stand and on calling 'Gill'oar' would hear an echo. The same thing would happen when standing in 'Seomar Gill'oar'. Carmichael writes that 'Scholars used to come to do this'. The site is described as being on the south east side noting that no bits of statues were ever found and that the roof was supposed to have been made of stone.

Dates: August 1883

Notes about Gill odhar, September 1870

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/69
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Notes probably collected from John Black, aged eighty-six, Killean, Lios Mòr/Lismore, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire about Gill odhar [Clach Gille Odhar] that it was the only place where there was an echo but that it was now broken. He also describes metal archaeological finds he found while making a drain at Aoine Port an Daimh in Achadun.

Dates: September 1870