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|name = Callanish III |
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|native_name = Cnoc Filibhir Bheag |
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|image = Calanais Stones III - geograph.org.uk - 1259561.jpg |
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|caption = Callanish III |
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|map_type = Scotland Outer Hebrides |
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|location = [[Isle of Lewis|Lewis]] |
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|coordinates = {{coord|58.19555|-6.72416|display=inline}} |
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|type = [[Stone circle]] |
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|epochs = [[Neolithic British Isles|Neolithic]], [[Bronze Age Britain|Bronze Age]] |
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==Description== |
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This is a complex setting of 17 stones variously described as a double ellipse and as two concentric circles with an inner cove. |
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The stone circle consists of two concentric ellipses.<ref name="burl152">{{cite book |last=Burl |first=Aubrey |date=2005 |title=A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany |publisher=Yale University Press |page=152 |isbn=0300114060}}</ref> The outer ring measures about 13.7 by 13.1 metres.<ref name="burl152"/> It contains 13 stones, of which eight are still standing and five have fallen.<ref name="rcahms">{{cite web |url=http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/4167/details/lewis+callanish+cnoc+fillibhir+bheag+tursachan/ |title=Site Record for Lewis, Callanish, Cnoc Fillibhir Bheag, 'Tursachan' Callanish Iii; Calanais |publisher=[[RCAHMS]] |access-date=25 September 2014}}</ref> The inner ring is a pronounced oval measuring 10.5 by 6.6 metres.<ref name="burl152"/> Only four stones remain in the inner circle, the tallest of which measures 2.1 metres.<ref name="rcahms"/> There is no sign of a central mound or cairn.<ref name="burl152"/> |
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It is just a few hundred metres from the [[Callanish II]] stone circle. |
It is just a few hundred metres from the [[Callanish II]] stone circle. See also [[Callanish IV]], [[Callanish VIII]] and [[Callanish X]] for other minor sites. |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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{{Commons category-inline|Callanish III}} |
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* [http://www.ancient-scotland.co.uk/site.php?a=40 Photos of Callanish III on the Ancient Scotland site] |
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[[Category:Stone circles in Na h-Eileanan Siar]] |
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Latest revision as of 23:58, 7 November 2024
Cnoc Filibhir Bheag | |
 Callanish III | |
  Shown within Outer Hebrides | |
| Location | Lewis |
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| Coordinates | 58°11′44″N 6°43′27″W / 58.19555°N 6.72416°W |
| Type | Stone circle |
| History | |
| Periods | Neolithic, Bronze Age |
The Callanish III stone circle (Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc Fillibhir Bheag[1]) is one of many megalithic structures around the better-known (and larger) Calanais I on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
Description
[edit]The stone circle consists of two concentric ellipses.[2] The outer ring measures about 13.7 by 13.1 metres.[2] It contains 13 stones, of which eight are still standing and five have fallen.[1] The inner ring is a pronounced oval measuring 10.5 by 6.6 metres.[2] Only four stones remain in the inner circle, the tallest of which measures 2.1 metres.[1] There is no sign of a central mound or cairn.[2]
It is just a few hundred metres from the Callanish II stone circle. See also Callanish IV, Callanish VIII and Callanish X for other minor sites.
References
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Media related to Callanish III at Wikimedia Commons
58°11′44″N 6°43′27″W / 58.19556°N 6.72417°W
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