If you want to see the pictures in a picture gallery, press F11 to go to full-screen mode. You're still lumbered with the ads (a curse on them), but at least you can see them a bit larger.
The Callanish Stones are one of the oldest monuments in Scotland, some 5,500 years old. They are a burial site, but the graves were plundered thousands of years already. The Stones were noticed in the 19th century, covered in a 5 ft layer of peat. The peat was removed. It is thought that the Stones are a lunar monument (as opposed to a solar one, such as Stonehenge). Apart from the main circle, situated just to the south of Callanish Village, there are 20 other circles within a 3 mile radius.
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Thanks for the full screen picture gallery tip!! Interesting about the Callanish Stones... I'd never heard of them... will check them out.
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Thanks for the update on the stones. To me, they are fascinating!
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me that I saw an unearthed grave years ago. I never thought "plundered," though it may have been. All I could think is how horribly invasive... ~Mary
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