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The stone circle consists of thirteen stones and has a diameter of 11.4 metres. The stone circle is not a perfect circle, but is a ring with a flattened east side (13.4 metres north–south by 12 metres east–west). The stones have an average height of three metres. The ring covers an area of 124 square metres.
Tursachan, the Callanish VIII megalithic monument on Great Bernera overlooks the bridge from Lewis. The island's name is Norse in origin [4] and is derived in honour of Bjarnar, father of the Norse Chieftain of Lewis Ketil Bjarnarson (or the Flatneif). The vast majority of placenames in the district are similarly Norse, implying extensive ...
The Calanais Stones "Calanais I", a cross-shaped setting of standing stones erected around 3000 BC, are one of the most spectacular megalithic monuments in Scotland. A modern visitor centre provides information about the main circle and other lesser monuments nearby, numbered as Calanais II to X. Callanish Standing Stones, Outer Hebrides
The stone circle consists of two concentric ellipses. [2] The outer ring measures about 13.7 by 13.1 metres. [2] It contains 13 stones, of which eight are still standing and five have fallen. [1] The inner ring is a pronounced oval measuring 10.5 by 6.6 metres. [2] Only four stones remain in the inner circle, the tallest of which measures 2.1 ...
Sron a'Chail is a circle of standing stones surrounding a burial cairn which dates to the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age. It consists of 5 upright and 1 fallen standing stone surrounding what appears to be a burial cairn. [7] It is better known as one of the outliers of the Callanish stones ('Ceann Hulavig'), specifically Callanish IV.
Callanish X (or "Na Dromannan", "Druim Nan Eun") is the collapsed remains of a stone circle. It one of many megalithic structures around the more well-known and larger Calanais I on the west coast of the isle of Lewis , in the Western Isles of the Outer Hebrides , Scotland .
Callanish II is situated on a ridge just 90 metres from the waters of Loch Roag. [2] It is just a few hundred metres from the Callanish III stone circle. See also Callanish IV, Callanish VIII and Callanish X for other minor sites. The stone circle consists of seven thin standing stones arranged in the shape of an ellipse measuring 21.6 by 18.9 ...
The Callanish Stones in the Loch Ròg area were erected roughly 5,000 years ago: during the late Neolithic or the early Bronze Age. [5] [6] One summary of the research states that this stone circle is believed to have been "used as a lunar observatory. In particular to determine when lunar eclipses would occur".