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 ...

University of Adelaide research has for the first time statistically proven that the earliest standing stone monuments of Britain, the great circles, were constructed specifically in line with the ...

The Scottish government has approved the introduction of an entry fee for the first time at one of the Western Isles' most popular and ancient sites. Calanais - also known as Callanish - Standing ...

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