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OF THE POEMS OF OSSIAN". XXXI
them. The largest cairns or heaps of stones which
abound in that neighbourhood, are said to be
their sepulchral monuments. In the parish of
Monivaird in particular,* there was a stone
seven feet high, and five broad, which was known
by the name of Clach Ossian^ or, in English,
Ossians stone or tomb. This stone, unfortunately,
standing in the way of the military roads con¬
structed under the direction of General Wade,
was overturned by machinery. The great stone
however, still remains, with four smaller gray
stones, surrounded by an inclosure, called Cam
Ossian^ and sometimes known by the name of the
Clach, or Cam na Huseoig, or, " the stone or heap
" of the lark ;" a happy allusion to the tuneful
lays, and the soaring powers, of a celebrated
poet. I
* Situated in Glenamon, in the county of Perth.
t See Lord Buchan's letter to the printer of the Caledonian
Mercury, dated Edinburgh, 7th May, 1784. The NoMe Lord,
with his usual zeal for literature, proposed that Clach Ossian,
which ignorance or malice had overturned, should be restored to
its former place, and a further monument erected, with a suit¬
able inscription. There was not then public spirit enough in
Scotland, to raise the sum necessary for that purpose. It is to be
hoped, however, that the time is not far distant, when that object
will be accomplished.