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Callanish VI
Cùl a' Chleit
Shorter stone of Callanish VI
Callanish VI is located in Outer Hebrides
Callanish VI
Shown within Outer Hebrides
LocationLewis
Coordinates58°10′31″N 6°41′07″W / 58.175373°N 6.685151°W / 58.175373; -6.685151
TypeStanding stones
History
PeriodsNeolithic, Bronze Age

Callanish VI ("Cùl a' Chleit") is a pair of standing stones near the summit of Cùl a' Chleit—a small rocky hill on the Isle of Lewis. It one of many megalithic structures around the more well-known and larger Calanais I on the west coast of Lewis, in the Western Isles of the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

Description

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The larger stone measures 1.7 metres in height, while the other, which stands 17 metres to the southwest, is 0.9 metres tall.[1] Some 6 metres west-northwest of the taller stone is a flat slab 1.6 metres long, with another prostrate stone, 1.5 metres long, lying immediately to the south of it.[1]

A field surveyor who visited the site in 1914 suggested that the standing stones were the remains of a stone circle, but this conjecture remains unproven.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Historic Environment Scotland. "Lewis, Cul A'chleit (4173)". Canmore. Retrieved 11 September 2024.