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Callanish II

Megalithic stone circle, Isle of Lewis (Outer Hebrides)

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The Callanish II stone circle (Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc Ceann a' Gharaidh) 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.

Paleolithic
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Iron Age
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Peat removal revealing earlier features

1848

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Cairn
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Stone circle
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United Kingdom

Coordinates

58.19° N, -6.73° E