Callanish II
The Callanish II stone circle (Cnoc Ceann à Gharaidh[1]) is one of many megalithic structures around the better-known (and larger) Calanais I on the west coast of the isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles), Scotland.
This is an elliptical setting of five stones with a major axis of about 21 metres and a minor axis of about 19 metres. Originally there were a total of 10 stones of the ellipse with an 11th outlier.
A cairn, eight and a half metres in diameter, was built in the circle a little to the east of centre.
Post hole evidence suggests that there was an earlier timber structure on the same site, about 10 metres in diameter.
References
- ^ "Cnoc Ceann à Gharaidh (Callanish II)". Stone Pages. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
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58°11′40″N 6°43′44″W / 58.19444°N 6.72889°W
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