This is the longest day of the year – officially, when the sun sets tonight in London at nine minutes to ten: 21:51 BST. Of course it will be a good deal later, this far north, in the Outer Hebrides, ...
THE LUNAR standstill this month at the Neolithic standing stones in Callanish, in the Outer Hebrides, was a rare event. As the moon's journey through the sky takes nearly 19 years, the standstill only ...
''The people who put up the stone circles had no extraordinary or supernatural powers. They were men and women physically like us, with the same limitations of mind and body. Their beliefs were ...
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5,000-Year Calendar: The Alignment Secrets of the Callanish Stones
Older than Stonehenge, the Callanish Standing Stones on Scotland’s Isle of Lewis were built to track the moon’s 18.6-year cycle. Their placement and precision reveal the astronomical knowledge of ...
A new study has revealed how a lightening strike inspired Neolithic builders to construct the iconic Callanish Stones some 5,000 years ago. New technology unearthed a star-shaped burn mark hidden ...
ON a low ridge above Loch Roag, the Stones of Callanish emerge portentously from ancient peat, exuding an air of magic and mystery. Known also now as the Calanais Stones, these megaliths are right ...
The farm of Addinston in Lauderdale takes its name from Aedan's Stane and in 603AD a bloody battle was fought there. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited ...
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