Site Name Torridon, Am Ploc, Open Air Church
Classification Preaching Site
Alternative Name(s) Am-ploc; Ploc Of Torridon, Pulpit Rock
Canmore ID 115178
The monument takes the form of a natural amphitheatre, created within a V-shaped cleft in the low sandstone cliffs that form the south side of the Ploc of Torridon. The cleft faces southwards towards the loch and the open, seaward side has been close by a curved drystone wall. The wall is crudely constructed with massive boulders placed irregularly and fixed by a great many small pinning stones. The site is regularly inundated by the sea and the west section of the wall has collapsed. The enclosure created by the wall was entered at its east end, where the wall terminates at a massive standing stone, creating an impressive entrance. Within the enclosure are four concentric rows of boulders forming seating. The seating faces towards a natural pillar of fork which has fissured away from the cliff. This is locally known as the pulpit rock.
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