Lifting stones, Coll

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‘We are now at Uchd nan Càrn, and whether or not we pause to test our strength in trying to lift either of the “togail” [G ‘anything to be lifted’], the “altruman mòr” or the “altruman beag” [G ‘nursling’], Coll’s famous lifting stones …’ MacDougall, H. (1937) Handbook to the Islands of Coll and Tiree, p. 52

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