Callanish VIII

The Callanish VIII stone setting is one of many megalithic structures around the more well-known (and larger) Calanais I on the west coast of the isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles), Scotland. It is also known locally as Tursachan. [ [http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/pls/portal/newcanmore.details_gis?inumlink=4112 "Great Bernera, 'Tursachan', Barraglom"] RCAHMS. Retrieved 22 June 2008.]

This is a very unusual (and possibly unique) setting, with a semi-circle of four large stones on the edge of a cliff on the south of the island of Great Bernera and looking across a narrow strait to Lewis. There is no evidence that the cliff has collapsed here and destroyed half of a complete circle - it would appear that a semi-circle was the original intention. The tallest stone is nearly three metres high and the cliff-edge axis of the circle gives a diameter of about 20 metres.

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* [http://www.ancient-scotland.co.uk/site.php?a=42 Photos of Callanish VIII on the Ancient Scotland site]