Clan McClurg's

S t o n e C i r c l e
S t r o n g m a n

built from stone

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BUILT FROM STONE

My name is John McClurg, I am the founder of Stone Circle Strongman, 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: 2,205 Lbs.

The Stone Circle Dolmen

Home of The Wee Folk, guardians and protectors of Clan McClurg and the Stone Circle Inn. 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 Swedish 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 Ireland.

Clocha neart Mac chleric ("McClurg's Stones of Strength")

The official manhood testing stones at the Stone Circle Inn. Fires are lit within them during the ancient holidays of Beltane and Samhain, celebrating the fiery spirits of those who have gone and those who yet remain. It is a physical site of remembrance that we are all a part of the great Stone Circle.

Dominus Dolorem "The Lord of Suffering": 265 lbs. The heaviest and most difficult of McClurg's Manhood Stones to lift.

Walter McClurg carried this upon his back around Inverness as punishment from the local magistrate during the Covenanter rebellions. He crushed the sheriff with it in an argument over its weight.

The Old Troll: 210 lbs

Smooth, wedge-shaped stone with rust-colored veins running throughout. An Old Troll full of malice.

The Heart Stone: 160 lbs. Smooth and heart-shaped stone. Remnant of a once great love in the mountains...

MacDonald's Stone: 125 lbs. Smooth Allegheny river stone with good rounded edges for gripping and lifting.

Lad's Stone: 60 lbs. A deposit from the river some distance up an opposing hill. First stone for testing young lads on their journey toward manhood.

The Teardrop: 125 lbs.

One of many teardrops shed by the Mistress of the Mountains when her beloved gave his heart away to another

The Golden Shield: 190 lbs.

For shield-carrying, squatting, or rowing, this stone is smooth and wants to remain on the ground. a great test for total body strength.

Joe Cheplic Pressing Stone: 160 lbs.

Named in honor of Joseph S. Cheplic, a hell of a man, and a very strong presser in his prime; lifter of sheetrock.

The Troll's Head: 145 lbs.

Small but dense, the remnant of an old troll of the Appalachian wilds who got kissed by a water sprite one morning; enchanted by her, he failed to notice the rising son over the Allegheny mists and turned to stone.

The Dragon's Head: 245 Lbs.

The Beast of the East, beheaded by the first McClurg in America, Joseph McClurg in 1789, Mercer County, PA. Details unknown. But the Beast remains to test men's hearts.

McClurg's Walking Stones:
160 lbs. and 190 lbs.

Once were fasted to John McClurg who had to walk everywhere for years burdened by them. He grew strong as result.

Clan McClurg's

S t o n e C i r c l e S t r o n g m a n

built from stone

McClurg's Manhood Stones: A collection of stones for lifting and honoring the legacy of strength of our ancestors : combined weight: 2,205 Lbs.

S t o n e C i r c l e
S t r o n g m a n

McClurg's Manhood Stones:
A collection of stones for lifting and honoring the legacy of strength of our ancestors : combined weight: 2,205 Lbs.