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    Callanish (redirect from Calanais)
    kilometres) west of Stornoway. Calanais is situated alongside the A858, between Breasclete and Garynahine. The Calanais Stones "Calanais I", a cross-shaped setting...
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    The Calanais Stones (or "Calanais I": Scottish Gaelic: Clachan Chalanais or Tursachan Chalanais) are an arrangement of standing stones placed in a cruciform...
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    Callanish II stone circle (Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc Ceann a' Gharaidh) is one of many megalithic structures around the better-known (and larger) Calanais I on...
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    one of many megalithic structures around the better-known (and larger) Calanais I on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland...
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    this period are the temples and communal burial cairns at places like Calanais (English: Callanish). About 500 BC, island society moved into the Iron...
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  • Personal exonyms are typically limited to regnal names such as popes (John Paul II) and monarchs (Charles V); less commonly, well-known historical authors (John...
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    Canmore. Retrieved 10 September 2024. Colin Richards. "Calanais Excavations—Na Dromannan". Calanais Excavations - Na Dromannan Archived 2007-09-27 at the...
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  • Celtic Cross formation of the Callanish Stones) in Scotland. Calanais (Callanish I) Callanish II Callanish III Callanish IV Callanish VIII Callanish X Cullerlie...
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    one of many megalithic structures around the better-known (and larger) Calanais I on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides (Western...
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    this period are the temples and communal burial cairns at places like Calanais. About 500 BC, island society moved into the Iron Age. The buildings became...
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    being cross-shaped with an avenue leading to the central point. This main Calanais site is connected to seven other stone circles in the locality. Dun Carloway...
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    one of many megalithic structures around the better-known (and larger) Calanais I on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides (Western...
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