Callanish
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Dating from around 1800 BCE, the 13 primary stones form a circle about 13 meters in diameter, with approach avenues of stones to the north, east, south, and west. The individual stones vary from around 1 metre to 5 metres in height, with an average of 4 metres, and are of the local Lewisian gneiss.
The tallest of the stones marks the entrance to a burial cairn where human remains have been discovered. It has also been speculated that the stones form a calendar system based on the position of the moon.
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External links
- http://www.stonepages.com/scotland/callanish.html
- Breasclete Community Association (local area's website) (http://web.onetel.net.uk/~breasclete/Gallery.html)
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