Occasionally whales have become trapped in the narrow Clachan Sound. The highland Clachan was shipped to San Francisco. Newton Stewart was a planned village and eventually it superseded the "Clachan". Lizzie Clachan is a British theatre designer. On 11 August 1611 a ship cast anchor in Clachan Bay, Raasay. The present Kilmodan Church was built in the Clachan of Glendaruel in 1783. Frank, Jarvie and Andrew ride to the Clachan, where they find a rude country inn. The "Clachan Oak" is an ancient sessile oak near Balfron in Stirlingshire. The Clachan is a public house at 33 Kingly Street, London W1. Clachan Ghlinn-da-ruadhail "Trad" (Arr. Historically in the County of Dunbarton, its original name is "Clachan dhu", or 'dark village'.