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Callanish II
58.1944° N, -6.7289° E
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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.
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Peat removal revealing earlier features
1848
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