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Callanish Stones
58.1975° N, -6.7451° E
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The Calanais Stones (or "Calanais I": Scottish Gaelic: Clachan Chalanais or Tursachan Chalanais) are an arrangement of standing stones placed in a cruciform pattern with a central stone circle, located on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. They were erected in the late Neolithic era, and were a focus for ritual activity during the Bronze Age. They are near the village of Callanish (Gaelic: Calanais) on the west coast of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
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Place abandoned
c. 800 BC
Site decline and disturbance
c. 1500–1000 BC
Peat removed revealing tomb
1857
Taken into state care
1885
Excavations 1980–81
1980–1981
Excavations 1999–2000
1999–2000
Beaker pottery in tomb
c. 2000–1700 BC
Stone circle constructed
c. 2900–2600 BC
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Religious and Ritual Structures
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Domestic and Habitation Structures
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