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Tim · @subtleshiftinemphasis
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The UK basks in warm sunshine. Meanwhile on Lewis and Harris...drizzle and high winds. At least we had these big stones to shelter behind...

#callanish #lewisandharris #harrisandlewis

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Nick Ferguson · @Nick
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Callanish 4 stone circle (Ceann Hulavig), 5 big stones left, up a hill from the road to Callanish, Callanish 1, 2, and 3 circles (posted last 3 Sundays) are not visible from this one, I would guess it's about 2 miles away. This ground was very boggy and I sank to my knees in the circle!

#standingstonesunday #prehistory #callanish #scotland #lewis

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Nick Ferguson · @Nick
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Callanish 3 stone circle, just 2 fields from Callanish 2. Lots more stones here than Callanish 2 that I posted last week. Again, not far from Callanish 1 the main site that is visible from these.

#standingstonesunday #prehistory #callanish #scotland

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Nick Ferguson · @Nick
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Callanish 2 standing stones, photos June 2022. Stunning location and landscape, not far from Callinish 1, which you can see from these.

#standingstonesunday #prehistory #callanish #scotland #lewis #standingstones

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Nick Barlow · @nickbwalking
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And thinking of the individual stones as art gets me thinking about stories (as I do a lot nowadays). We have a time frame of hundreds of years for their erection, so maybe one way to think of each stone as an event in itself, not just part of the whole? What stories might have been told about each one, and might they have been a way of linking generations, providing an aid to memory and storytelling?

#calanais #callanish #standingstones

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Nick Barlow · @nickbwalking
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Had a great day at the Calanais standing stones. The cross and circles as a whole are interesting, but the individual stones are fascinating to look at with so many patterns in the Lewissian Gneiss rock that makes them up. Fascinating to think of how they were erected and their status as art - people choosing certain stones for their appearance then consciously displaying them, saying "look at this, it's important".

#StoneCircle #stones #calanais #scotland #isleoflewis #callanish

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Nick Ferguson · @Nick
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Callanish 1 standing stones (the main famous site) I, found some photo’s I have not shared before from a visit in June 2021.

#standingstonesunday #callanish #prehistory

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Dan Falk · @danfalk
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Rainbow over the Callanish Standing Stones, on the Isle of Lewis, earlier today. 🌈 ( )

#callanish #lewis #isleoflewis #hebrides #outerhebrides #scotland #photography #travelphotography #standingstones #rainbow

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Travelling Light · @travellinglight
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Autumn evening at the stone circle at Callanish, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

#scotland #hebrides #lewis #megaliths #calanais #callanish #landscapephotography #landscape #StandingStoneSunday

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Nick Ferguson · @Nick
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Here is the heart of Callanish on the Isle of Lewis, and the views down 2 of its ‘passageways’

#standingstonesunday #lewis #callanish

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Megalithic Portal (Andy B) · @megalithic
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The most famous alignment marks the major southern lunar standstill that occurs every 18.6 years, when the moon is seen apparently born from between the thighs of Sleeping Beauty. It skims the horizon and vanishes. Only to reappear to shine dramatically into the circle. The hills of the na Mointeach or Sleeping Beauty near resemble a pregnant woman, this is best seen from The Achmore circle. Sketch and photo from Bruce Adams’ album

#cailleach #calanais #StandingStoneSunday #callanish

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Travelling Light · @travellinglight
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Autumn evening at the stone circle at Callanish, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

#hebrides #lewis #megaliths #calanais #callanish #landscapephotography #landscape #StandingStoneSunday

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ErrolWyrmberg · @ErrolWyrmberg
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#scotland #scottish #island #hebrides #outerhebrides #isleoflewis #calanais #callanishiii #callanish #standingstonesunday

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ErrolWyrmberg · @ErrolWyrmberg
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Only just stumbled across . Mind you, still stumbling in Mastado. Anyhow, here's my contribution - Callanish Standing Stones, on the Isle of Lewis that's off the West Coast of Scotland.







#scotland #WesternIsles #isleoflewis #callanishcircle #clanais #callanish #standingstones #standingstonesunday

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Deb · @deborahwooduk
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For and, while I’m at it, , a view of stones from on with Loch Roag in the distance

#silentsunday #StandingStoneSunday #callanish #isleoflewis #outerhebrides #scotland #photography

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Undiscovered Scotland · @UndisScot
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A VIRTUAL TOUR OF SCOTLAND

We travel north from Harris to Lewis, then west to Loch Roag, on the Atlantic coast. This area is home to over 20 ancient monuments including Calanais I, a complex arrangement of some 50 stones. At their heart is a circle of 13 stones between 8 and 13 feet tall. More pics and info: undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/lew

Where to next? Vote via the poll attached as a reply.

#undiscoveredscotland #WesternIsles #lewis #neolithic #standingstones #callanish #calanais #scotland

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Jane Tomlinson - Artist 🌻⭐️ · @JaneTomlinson
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! I only arrived here on Mastodon in Nov, part of the great . In that short time, I have connected with so many decent, interesting, bright & lovely people. Thx! 🙏

My husb & I met nearly 20yrs ago thru an interest in & 's , so for I'd like to share a I made of the avenue at .

(If you , I'll , even if it's not !)

#happynewyear #twittermigration #neolithic #ancientmonuments #juliancope #TheModernAntiquarian #StandingStoneSunday #painting #callanish #followme #followback #followfackfriday #silentsunday

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Michael Faint · @ansolasoir
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Three stones, Callanish 2018.

A selection of the standing stones at Callanish on the Isle of Lewis for

#wintersolstice #innsegall #outerhebrides #StandingStones #ancient #solstice #isleoflewis #callanish

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thesweetcheat · @thesweetcheat
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@DulceMaria @muninnherself looks fab!

The hastag has some lovely photos of the stones.

Slightly away from the main site, I think this one (Cnoc Fillibhear Bheag) is viewed as a bit of a classic, and a bit quieter:

themodernantiquarian.com/site/

#callanish

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eclectech · @eclectech
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Found this from when we visited

Couldn't resist a wee scribble for

#photo #callanish #standingstonesunday #silly #scribbles

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