Callanish IV — Garynahine Stone Circle
Ceann Hulavig Circle
Late Neolithic (2900–2600 BCE)·Late Neolithic Hebridean·🇬🇧 Scotland, Isle of Lewis, Callanish, United Kingdom
About
About Callanish IV — Garynahine Stone Circle
Lewis's Callanish IV, 3 km S of Callanish I, with elliptical setting and cairn, excavated depression 1960s. Recorded context — Period: Late Neolithic (2900–2600 BCE); Culture: Late Neolithic Hebridean; Field status: unexcavated; Materials: gneiss; Condition: preserved.
Why it mattersKey Late Neolithic Hebridean megalithic with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction labor organization
- 02Collapse cause
Theories
- 01Seasonal gathering
- 02Ceremonial centre
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 BCE
- Period
- Late Neolithic (2900–2600 BCE)
- Culture
- Late Neolithic Hebridean
- Purpose
- Grampian ring with quartz outcrop — satellite to Callanish I main avenue axis
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1858
- Excavation
- Unexcavated
c. 2900 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Callanish IV — Garynahine Stone Circle
1890 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Callanish IV — Garynahine Stone Circle
On the ground
Structures & features
58.2090° N · 6.7150° W · 41 m · 3 mapped features
- Callanish IV — Garynahine Stone Circle — Principal Standing Stonestanding stonestanding stone at Callanish IV — Garynahine Stone Circle — outlier feature58.2098° N · 6.7152° W
- Callanish IV — Garynahine Stone Circle — Northern Chamberchamberchamber at Callanish IV — Garynahine Stone Circle — subsidiary complex58.2100° N · 6.7165° W
- Callanish IV — Garynahine Stone Circle — Cairn Annex 3cairncairn at Callanish IV — Garynahine Stone Circle — hydraulic feature58.2093° N · 6.7133° W
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