Several smaller sites surround the main Callanish circle. Callanish 2 at Cnoc na h-Uise has five standing stones and was excavated in 1858. Callanish 5 at Nan Gearrabh has three stones in a straight line; Kletcher/Burner Bridge is a semicircle. About eight miles away, Stone Circle 22 has keyhole-shaped excavated features and is among Scotland's largest circles. The video argues that its circular shape suggests an earlier date. 🏴🔍
Minor stone circles around Callanish documented
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Key facts
- Callanish 2 at Cnoc na h-Uise has five standing stones; the site was excavated in 1858.
- Callanish 3 overlooks the Sleeping Beauty hills.
- Callanish 5 at Nan Gearrabh has three stones in a straight alignment.
- The Kletcher/Burner Bridge setting is semicircular, with the cliff face forming its diameter.
- Stone Circle 22 lies about eight miles from the main Callanish site, has keyhole-shaped excavated features, and is among Scotland's largest stone circles.
- The video argues that Stone Circle 22's circular shape suggests an earlier date; its plan alone does not establish its age.
Sources
megalithomania.co.uk
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Calanais II (Cnoc Ceann a' Ghàrraidh) - Isle Of Lewisvisitouterhebrides.co.uk
Calanais II (Cnoc Ceann a' Gharaidh) is one of the many ancient stone monuments that form part of the remarkable Calanais complex on the west coast of Lewis.
Calanais Standing Stones & Visitor Centre on Isle of Lewis ...calanais.org
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Calanais II (Cnoc Ceann a' Ghàrraidh)visitouterhebrides.co.uk
Calanais II (Cnoc Ceann a' Gharaidh) is one of the many ancient stone monuments that form part of the remarkable Calanais complex on the west coast of Lewis.
Cnoc Sgeir na h-Uidhe (Standing Stone / Menhir)themodernantiquarian.com
The significance of Cnoc Sgeir na h-Uidhe (aka Callanish XIV) is hypothesised in the book The Stones Around Callanish
Callanish Stonesen.wikipedia.org
The Calanais Stones are a prehistoric stone circle and stone alignment on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Calanais Standing Stoneshistoricenvironment.scot
The Calanais Standing Stones are an extraordinary cross-shaped setting of stones erected 5,000 years ago. They predate England's famous Stonehenge monument,
The Callanish Standing Stones: Stonehenge of the Northnathab.com
The Callanish Standing Stones are Lewisian gneiss ritual stones on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland's Outer Hebrides that predate Stonehenge by ...
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