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Calanais III

Cnoc Fillibhir Bheag; Callanish III Callanish, Western Isles

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Large image (900x675 - 57k) The stones on the horizon, seen from the path from Callanish II.
Large image (1000x726 - 112k) All the stones, viewed from the southwest.
Large image (1000x750 - 124k) The beautifully patterned rock is a combination of grey gneiss and red granite.
Large image (900x675 - 55k) Some of the inner stones.
Large image (900x675 - 47k) Another view of the whole setting.
Large image (800x927 - 149k) A striking band of quartz splashes through this stone.
Large image (600x754 - 78k) Inner stones.
Large image (800x948 - 152k) One of the inner stones has a very strong red colour. Undoubtedly the stones were chosen for the way they looked...but there is no way of knowing if there was some deep meaning to the choice of the pattern or colour, or if it was for purely artistic reasons.
Large image (720x960 - 131k) Looking west.
Large image (720x960 - 160k) Inner stones.
Large image (960x720 - 91k) Looking southwest. Callanish II can be seen in the distance on the shoreline.
Large image (700x933 - 78k) Looking west. The many stones of the main Callanish site can be seen on the horizon.
Large image (900x675 - 115k) Stones on the north arc.
Large image (660x880 - 109k) Looking east.
Large image (630x840 - 77k) Looking southeast.
Large image (660x873 - 117k) The eastern arc.
Large image (1000x750 - 115k) The southern arc.
Large image (1000x729 - 116k) Looking southwest. Again, the stones of Callanish II can just be seen on the shore to the right.
Large image (1000x750 - 109k) Looking from north of the setting.
Large image (1000x750 - 78k) Looking south.

Just another couple of hundred yards from Calanais II is the complex Calanais III. This has been interpreted as an outer ring with an inner ring, quadrangle or cove; a complex double ellipse; and as two concentric circles with an inner cove.

See also: Calanais I, Calanais II, Calanais IV and Calanais VIII.

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