The Callanish Stones (or "Callanish I": Scottish Gaelic: Clachan Chalanais or Tursachan Chalanais) are an arrangement of standing stones placed in a cruciform...
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(local area's website) Panoramas of the Callanish Standing Stones (QuickTime required) Canmore - Lewis, Callanish site record Canmore - Calanais, Calanais...
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cairn and some evidence of Bronze Age occupation were found here. The Callanish Stones in the Loch Ròg area were erected roughly 5,000 years ago, thus dating...
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circle. See also Callanish IV, Callanish VIII and Callanish X for other minor sites. The stone circle consists of thin standing stones arranged in the...
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archaeological excavations have taken place at the stones. Callanish IV is around two miles southeast of the Callanish Stones, about 180 metres west of the unfenced...
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from the Callanish II stone circle. See also Callanish IV, Callanish VIII and Callanish X for other minor sites. "Site Record for Lewis, Callanish, Cnoc...
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important pre-Christian religious sites. The most significant is the Callanish Stones on the isle of Lewis, which are notable megalithic sites dating back...
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of locations of historical and archaeological interest, including: Callanish Stones associated with the Clan Morrison among others Dun Carloway Broch Iron...
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(a type of artificial island). The Callanish Stones, dating from about 2900 BC, are the finest example of a stone circle in Scotland, the 13 primary monoliths...
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2011. See for example Cladh Hallan and the impressive ruins of the Callanish Stones and Skara Brae. Murray (1966) claims that Ptolemy's "Ebudae" was originally...
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from the Neolithic period, the finest example being the standing stones at Callanish, dating to the 3rd millennium BC. Cladh Hallan, a Bronze Age settlement...
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at the henge monument at Avebury, the Rollright Stones, and elements within the ring of standing stones at Stonehenge. Scattered examples exist from other...
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being built of local stone. Evidence of sophisticated pre-Christian belief systems is demonstrated by sites such as the Callanish Stones on Lewis and the...
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Warren Field (category Stone Age sites in Scotland)
Scotland Prehistoric Britain Neolithic British Isles Göbekli Tepe Callanish Stones Stonehenge "'World's oldest calendar' discovered in Scottish field"...
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Stones of Stenness Prehistoric Shetland Zenith of Iron Age Shetland: Broch of Mousa Jarlshof Old Scatness Prehistoric Western Isles Callanish Stones Dun...
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Bronze Age. There may have been up to 70 original stones in the circle, made of local rock. Callanish Stones Prehistoric Ireland List of archaeological sites...
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dating from up to 3000 BC, the finest example being the standing stones at Callanish, but some archaeologists date the site as Bronze Age. Little is known...
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Stones of Stenness Prehistoric Shetland Zenith of Iron Age Shetland: Broch of Mousa Jarlshof Old Scatness Prehistoric Western Isles Callanish Stones Dun...
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sold, and the castle's condition subsequently deteriorated. Some of its stone was used as ballast for fishing vessels, and some even ended up as paving...
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took several trips to Foula to study prehistoric standing stones. A particular sub-circular stone circle of interest was discovered in 2006 at Da Heights...
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" The theme spread to the packaging, with the cover depicting the Callanish Stones, a site with a cruciform layout that predates Christ by at least 2...
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comprises the large chambered tomb of Maes Howe, the ceremonial stone circles the Standing Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar and the Neolithic village...
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Island The Isle of Ewe Cave on Garbh Eilean, Shiant Isles The famous Callanish Stones on Lewis Seana Chnoc (at left) and Bearasaigh from the south west....
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Stonehenge (redirect from Stone Henge)
standing stones, each around 13 feet (4.0 m) high, seven feet (2.1 m) wide, and weighing around 25 tons, topped by connecting horizontal lintel stones. Inside...
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M. Pointing (ed.). A mini-guide to Dun Carloway Broch. Isle of Lewis. Callanish, Isle of Lewis: G. and M. Ponting. Wikimedia Commons has media related...
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interest Amhuinnsuidhe Castle An Lanntair Arnol Blackhouse Barra Airport Callanish Stones Dun Carloway Garenin Golden Road Kisimul Castle Lewis Loom Centre Lews...
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Stones of Stenness Prehistoric Shetland Zenith of Iron Age Shetland: Broch of Mousa Jarlshof Old Scatness Prehistoric Western Isles Callanish Stones Dun...
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album's inner sleeve on LP releases features a photograph of Callanish Stones, a neolithic stone arrangement on Lewis in Scotland. On later releases of the...
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interest Amhuinnsuidhe Castle An Lanntair Arnol Blackhouse Barra Airport Callanish Stones Dun Carloway Garenin Golden Road Kisimul Castle Lewis Loom Centre Lews...
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Hyperborea with the Isle of Lewis, and the spherical temple with the Callanish Stones. Along with Thule, Hyperborea was one of several terrae incognitae...
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