2016
NF8122 : Carragh Broin - The Stone of Sorrow
taken 8 years ago, 4 km NE of Lochboisdale/Loch Baghasdail, South Uist & Benbecula, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scotland
Carragh Broin - The Stone of Sorrow
There are two stories as to how the Stone of Sorrow got its name. The first is in Otta Swire’s The Outer Hebrides and their Legends (chapter 7). In it she recounts the tradition that the last battle between the Vikings and the people of South Uist occurred here. The battle was indecisive, and both sides stopped fighting. The wounded where brought to the stone, and the combatants threw their weapons into the water as a sign of peace. The second version is in DDCP Mould's West Over Sea (chapter 8). This one is not so dramatic. It says a duel was fought here, and that one of the contestants, after being wounded, collapsed on the stone.
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