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Callanish IV

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Location
  
Lewis

Periods
  
Neolithic, Bronze Age

Type
  
Stone circle

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The Callanish IV stone circle (Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Hulavig) 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 (Western Isles), Scotland.

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Description

Callanish IV is around two miles southeast of the Callanish Stones, about 180 metres west of the unfenced B8011 road.

The stone circle forms a pronounced oval measuring 13.3 by 9.5 metres. Only five stones currently stand, but there could have been as many as thirteen. The stones range in size from 2 to 2.7 metres.

In the centre is a dilapidated cairn. A small slab, 60 centimetres high, is set on edge within the cairn.

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Callanish IV Wikipedia