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Stone circles tagged “gneiss”

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Callanish II (Cnoc Ceann a' Gharaidh)

Late Neolithic · Hebridean Late Neolithic

7-stone elliptical circle (21.6×18.9 m) on Loch Roag ridge south-east of Callanish I, with central ruined cairn.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Calanais Standing Stones

Late Neolithic – Early Bronze Age · Hebridean Late Neolithic

Cruciform setting: central circle 13 m diameter with 4.8 m monolith and avenues N,S,E,W. Most prominent of 19 Callanish sites on ridge above Loch Roag. Potential lunar standstill alignment.