Old travel Blog photograph of Fingal's Dogstone located between Dunollie and Oban, Argyllshire, Scotland. Fingal's Dogstone, or simply the Dog Stone or Clach na Con in Gaelic, is located north west of Oban town centre. Geologically, the rock forming the pillar is an unusual Devonian conglomerate, the Dunollie boulder beds, comprising massive boulders in a fine matrix, which was deposited in a desert flash flood around 415 million years ago. Celtic folklore suggests that the Irish giant, Finn or Fingal McCool, Fionn Mac Cumhaill, would tie his dog Bran here and the groove around the base is where the rope has rubbed away the stone. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
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