It was called the Gripe Stone and was used for the relief of colic pains and other internal complaints. The companion stone of the same size was for curing the evil eye. Campbell says it exactly resembled a stone with six regularly arranged circles pictured by Wilson. Its present whereabouts are not given.
Folklore & legend
The Gripe Stone of Knapdale
A Knapdale family, later Tiree
Recorded 1902
- Evidence
- Long-standing local tradition
- Access
- Access unrecorded
- Location
- 55.926, -5.504 (Parish-level only, treat as an area)
Sources: John Gregorson Campbell, Witchcraft and Second Sight in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland (1902), Project Gutenberg [public-domain]
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