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The most impressive – Callanish II and Callanish III – lie just over a kilometre southeast of the main Calanais Stones, and originally consisted of circles of stones at least eight in number. [1] The existence of other monuments in the area implies that Calanais was an active focus for prehistoric religious activity for at least 1500 years.
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 ...
Only five stones currently stand, but there could have been as many as thirteen. [5] The stones range in size from 2 to 2.7 metres. [1] In the centre is a dilapidated cairn. [5] A small slab, 60 centimetres high, is set on edge within the cairn. [1] To the south-east of the circle is a prehistoric quartz quarry. [6] To the south-west is a ...
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
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 metres. [1] There is no sign of a central mound or cairn. [2]
The earliest written mention of the Outer Hebrides was by the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus in 55 BC. He wrote that there was an island called Hyperborea (which means "Far to the North") where a round temple stood from which the moon appeared only a little distance above the earth every 19 years, an apparent reference to the stone circle at Callanish.