Callanish Stones
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- Best time to go
- April to October
- Budget
- $
- Accessibility
- limited
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
The Callanish Standing Stones form a cross-shaped arrangement of megalithic stones on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, erected around 3000 BCE. A central monolith of nearly five metres stands within a small stone circle, with rows of stones radiating outward in cardinal directions. The site's relationship to the lunar standstill cycle, when the moon appears to rise from behind a nearby hill formation, has attracted sustained astronomical study.
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