Callanais - Callanish Stones

Just reminiscing pre-covid. A wild and windy day at this quite entrancing and spiritual location.

Neolithic people erected the Callanish Stones about 5,000 years ago. Though the stones served as a hub for ritual activities for at least a millennium, their exact purpose has been lost to history. The most prevalent theory, based on recent archaeological excavations, holds that the megaliths acted as some sort of astronomical observatory or a celestial calendar.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/callanish-stones

comments (5)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Those are massive! In the Netherlands, we have the somewhat younger (3000 years) "Hunebeden", a variation of rock placement likely used as graves:
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunebed#/media/Bestand:Hunebed_D27_2020.jpg

They're found in the UK as well. I believe the actual rocks arrived from the preceding ice age, as the Netherlands has no natural occurring rocks. Posted 4 years ago
1. Calbost Niel
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks for that. I will research Posted 4 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    It's in dutch, but this page shows tons of photos and variations, further down the page also from the UK:
    https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunebed Posted 4 years ago
  2. 1. Calbost Niel
      
      Lion
      
      So hunebed means dolmen which is a megalithic tomb with a large flat stone laid on upright ones.
      I saw one in UK https://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/99/arthurs_stone.html Posted 4 years ago
    2. 1. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Yep, nice! Posted 4 years ago

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Uploaded Jul 15, 2021. Captured Oct 3, 2022 20:28 in 12m west of Stornoway off the A859 Isle of Lewis, Isle of Lewis HS2 9DY, UK.

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Captured in the fall. More fall photos.