Axis of the Calanais Stone Circle

A named place photographed at this map point in Na h-Eileanan Siar.

Likely dating to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age, the Axis of the Calanais Stone Circle is a central feature of a megalithic arrangement on Lewis, possibly aligned with astronomical events. It may have functioned as a ceremonial or ritual focal point, reflecting the spiritual or calendrical knowledge of prehistoric communities.