Callanish Standing Stones

The Callanish Standing Stones are a stone circle located in Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
The Stones are made from local rock called Lewisian Gneiss which is over 3,000,000,000 years old.

Between 2,900-2,600 BCE, thirteen stones were arranged in a circle with a Monolith near the centre and five rows of stones radiating outwards from this circle in the form of a cross. Two rows form an Avenue. None of the rows point directly to the centre of the circle. A chambered Tomb was later added to the centre.
Sometime around 800 BCE the area was abandoned and the stones covered in turf.
Just over 0.5 mile (1km) from the main Site lie two more stone circles, Callanish I and Callanish II, which originally each consisted of at least 8 Standing Stones. The remains of a fourth stone circle and a number of other Standing Stones lie nearby.