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Stone circle at Calanais at dusk

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Stone circle at Calanais at dusk
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A named place photographed at this map point in Na h-Eileanan Siar.
A stone circle dating to the Neolithic period, likely constructed between 2900 and 1300 BCE; it may have been used for ceremonial or astronomical purposes and is associated with the wider Calanais (Callanish) stone circle complex on Lewis.

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Photo: Steven Brown · CC BY-SA 2.0