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MHG4283 - 'Sron Dubh' carved stone - Glen Roy, Lochaber

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A carved stone incised with a communion cup in Glen Roy.

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NN28SE 5 2952 8467.

NN 2952 8467. About 6' E of the road leading up Glen Roy, is a rock c. 1' high and 2' square. The figure of a communion cup is incised on the W face. Local informants state that this is a communion table used by the Roman Catholic population after the Jacobite Rebellions when the people of Glen Roy were made homeless by persecutions carried out by the Duke of Cumberland.
Visited by OS (J Skipworth) 23 June 1966.

This is a squarish-shaped stone with a level top known locally as the "Mass Stone" or "Chalice Stone". It is cemented into the ground and measures 55 cms by 60 cms and is about 40 cms high. A communion cup and host inscribed on its W face were inscribed about a hundred years ago in commemoration of its former use (Information from Ts of 'Glen Roy', Anon, undated).
Visited by OS (J M) 30 August 1974.

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OS 1:10,000 map, (1971)

The stone was visited and photographed by M Hoole on the 29th of March 2014. <1>

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Grid reference	Centred NN 2951 8466 (6m by 6m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NN28SE
Civil Parish	KILMONIVAIG
Geographical Area	LOCHABER

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