Callanish IV — Garynahine Stone Circle
Ceann Hulavig Circle
Late Neolithic (2900–2600 BCE)·Late Neolithic Hebridean·🇬🇧 Scotland, Isle of Lewis, Callanish, United Kingdom
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About Callanish IV — Garynahine Stone Circle
Lewis's Callanish IV, 3 km S of Callanish I, with elliptical setting and cairn, excavated depression 1960s.
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Why it mattersKey Late Neolithic Hebridean megalithic with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction labor organization
- 02Collapse cause
Theories
- 01Seasonal gathering
- 02Ceremonial centre
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 2900 BCE
- Period
- Late Neolithic (2900–2600 BCE)
- Culture
- Late Neolithic Hebridean
- Purpose
- Grampian ring with quartz outcrop — satellite to Callanish I main avenue axis
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1858
- Excavation
- Unexcavated
c. 2900 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Callanish IV — Garynahine Stone Circle
1890 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Callanish IV — Garynahine Stone Circle
On the ground
Structures & features
58.2090° N · 6.7150° W · 41 m · 3 mapped features
Callanish IV — Garynahine Stone Circle — Principal Standing Stone
standing stonestanding stone at Callanish IV — Garynahine Stone Circle — outlier feature
58.2098° N · 6.7152° WCallanish IV — Garynahine Stone Circle — Northern Chamber
chamberchamber at Callanish IV — Garynahine Stone Circle — subsidiary complex
58.2100° N · 6.7165° WCallanish IV — Garynahine Stone Circle — Cairn Annex 3
cairncairn at Callanish IV — Garynahine Stone Circle — hydraulic feature
58.2093° N · 6.7133° W