Callanish II
| Cnoc Ceann a' Gharaidh | |
Callanish II seen from the west
|
|
 Shown within Outer Hebrides
|
|
| Location | Lewis |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Type | Stone circle |
| History | |
| Periods | Neolithic, Bronze Age |
The Callanish II stone circle (Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc Ceann a' 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, Scotland.
Description
Callanish II is situated on a ridge just 90 metres from the waters of Loch Roag.[2] It is just a few hundred metres from the Callanish III stone circle.
The stone circle consists of thin standing stones arranged in the shape of an ellipse measuring 21.6 by 18.9 metres.[2] Five of the stones are standing and two have fallen.[1] The stones vary from 2 to 3.3 metres in height.[1] A slab, 1.4 metres, long lies in front of the western stone, pointing towards the centre of the circle.[1] The stone circle surrounds a cairn with a diameter of 8.5 metres.[1]
When 3 feet (1 metre) of peat was removed from the site in 1848, four holes were noticed, three grouped in an arc at the northwest, a fourth at the south-west.[2] Wood charcoal found in them suggests that they formed an earlier timber circle about 10 metres in diameter.[2]
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />, or <references group="..." />External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Callanish II. |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
 |
This article about a location in the Western Isles is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
 |
This article relating to archaeology in the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
 |
This article about a Scottish building or structure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- Pages with reference errors
- Articles containing Scottish Gaelic-language text
- Commons category link is defined as the pagename
- Archaeological sites in the Outer Hebrides
- Lewis
- Stone circles in Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Scheduled Ancient Monuments in Scotland
- Western Isles geography stubs
- United Kingdom archaeology stubs
- Scottish building and structure stubs
