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Welcome to Stone Circle Strongman. My name is John McClurg, and I am the founder of a competitive strongman organization based entirely on lifting heavy, natural stones. Clan McClurg and I travel Appalachia with the McClurg Manhood Stones, hosting stonelifting competitions at Highland Games and Celtic Festivals in order to give others of like mind a chance to experience the thrill of competing and testing themselves with the most ancient and primal tests of human strength: heavy stones. We believe in continuing the traditions of strength handed down from our ancestors. And we believe that if you lift with stone, you will be Built from Stone.

McClurg's Manhood Stones:
A collection of stones for lifting and honoring the legacy of strength of our ancestors : combined weight: 3,106 Lbs.

The Stone Circle Dolmen

Home of The Wee Folk, guardians and protectors of Clan McClurg and the Stone Circle Inn. These good inhabitants travelled to Pennsylvania overseas on board the "Lady Luck"in a whiskey barrel in 1789 with Joseph McClurg from Derry, Northern Ireland. Lived in hillsides and and mountain groves in PA, OH, and WV for many years until John McClurg built them a little piece of Old Ireland in Pennsylvania.

McClurg's Runestone

Inscription reads "These stones of strength are in memory of Kenneth McClurg and Joseph Cheplic, John McClurg's fathers, men of strength. John McClurg and his sons, Kian and Magnus, lifted them."

The Runestone was carved by John McClurg to celebrate the memory of his father and step-father and to make known that their strength continues on to future generations. The Runestone also celebrates the Germanic ancestry in the McClurg bloodline.

Symbols upon the Runestone include the Pictish Beast, a Saxon Cross, a Thor's hammer, and swirl motifs as found on ancient megaliths throughout Europe.

McClurg's Manhood Stones: A collection of stones for lifting and honoring the legacy of strength of our ancestors : combined weight: 3,106 Lbs.

McClurg's Manhood Stones:
A collection of stones for lifting and honoring the legacy of strength of our ancestors : combined weight: 3,106 Lbs.