Showing posts with label Lewis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lewis. Show all posts

Thursday, 7 October 2010

Callanish



The mysterious and romantic Callanish stone circle was the inspiration for this collage




The Callanish Stones, Clachan Chalanais, in Gaelic, are to be found near the village of Callanish on the west coast of the isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.




The site was constructed between 2900 and 2600 BC.  The 13 main stones form a circle about 13metres (42 feet) in diameter, there is a long approach avenue of stones to the north, and shorter stone rows to the east, south and west.  The individual stones vary from 1metre to 5 metres (3 feet to 16 feet) in height.

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