Cnoc Ceann a' Gharaidh | |
 Callanish II seen from the west | |
  Shown within Outer Hebrides | |
| Location | Lewis |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 58°11′40″N6°43′44″W / 58.19444°N 6.72888°W |
| Type | Stone circle |
| History | |
| Material | Stone |
| Founded | c. 2750 BC [1] |
| Periods | Neolithic, Bronze Age |
The Callanish II stone circle (Scottish Gaelic : Cnoc Ceann a' Gharaidh [2] ) 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, Scotland.
Callanish II is situated on a ridge just 90 metres from the waters of Loch Roag. [3] It is just a few hundred metres from the Callanish III stone circle. See Callanish IV, Callanish VIII, and Callanish X for other minor sites.
The stone circle consists of seven thin standing stones arranged in the shape of an ellipse measuring 21.6 by 18.9 metres. [3] Five of the stones are standing and two have fallen. [2] The stones vary from 2 to 3.3 metres in height. [2] A slab, 1.4 metres long, lies in front of the western stone, pointing towards the centre of the circle. [2] The stone circle surrounds a cairn with a diameter of 8.5 metres. [2]
When 3 feet (1 metre) of peat was removed from the site in 1848, four holes were noticed, three grouped in an arc at the northwest, a fourth at the south-west. [3] Wood charcoal found in them suggests that they formed an earlier timber circle about 10 metres in diameter. [3]
58°11′40″N6°43′44″W / 58.19444°N 6.72889°W
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