Callanish III (Cnoc Fillibhir Bheag)
Cnoc Fillibhir Bheag · Callanish III stone circle
Late Neolithic·Hebridean Late Neolithic·🇬🇧 Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom
About
About Callanish III (Cnoc Fillibhir Bheag)
Concentric double stone circle on same ridge as Callanish II, ~500 m south-east of Callanish I: outer ring 13.7 m diameter of eight stones (four standing, four fallen) around inner ring of four small stones enclosing a turf-covered cairn. Thin gneiss slabs to 1.8 m. Unexcavated but morphologically Late Neolithic, part of the Callanish satellite cluster demonstrating complex ritual landscape beyond the great cruciform monument.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Why concentric design unique among Callanish satellites
Theories
- 01Miniature henge-cairn for restricted burial rites
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 2900–2600 BCE
- Period
- Late Neolithic
- Culture
- Hebridean Late Neolithic
- Purpose
- Ritual stone circle with burial cairn
- Abandoned
- Bronze Age
- Rediscovered
- Antiquarian record; RCAHMS survey
- Excavation
- Unexcavated
c. 2900–2600 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1054 CE
Rediscovery
On the ground
Structures & features
58.1947° N · 6.7236° W · 38 m · 2 mapped features
Inner stone ring
stone circleFour small stones around central cairn
58.1947° N · 6.7236° WCentral cairn
cairnTurf-covered cairn within inner ring
58.1947° N · 6.7236° W
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