Verified58.1975° N · 6.7453° W · 50 m
Calanais Standing Stones
Callanish I · Calanais I · Tursachan Chalanais
Late Neolithic – Early Bronze Age·Hebridean Late Neolithic·🇬🇧 Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom
About
About Calanais Standing Stones
Cruciform setting: central circle 13 m diameter with 4.8 m monolith and avenues N,S,E,W. Most prominent of 19 Callanish sites on ridge above Loch Roag. Potential lunar standstill alignment.
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History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 2900–2600 BCE
- Period
- Late Neolithic – Early Bronze Age
- Culture
- Hebridean Late Neolithic
- Purpose
- Ceremonial, possible lunar observatory
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 2900–2600 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1278 CE
Major expansion
Location
Where it is
58.1975° N · 6.7453° W · 50 m
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