Tursachan | |
 The stones in 2013 | |
  Location in Scotland, United Kingdom | |
| Location | Lewis, Scotland, United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 58°12′20″N6°49′45″W / 58.20554°N 6.82906°W |
| Type | Standing stones |
| History | |
| Material | Stone |
| Founded | c. 2750 BC |
| Periods | Neolithic, Bronze Age |
The Callanish VIII stone setting 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 (Western Isles), Scotland. It is also known locally as Tursachan. [1]
This is a very unusual (and possibly unique) setting, with a semicircle of four large stones on the edge of a cliff on the south of the island of Great Bernera and looking across a narrow strait to Lewis. There is no evidence that the cliff has collapsed here and destroyed half of a complete circle – it would appear that a semicircle was the original intention. The tallest stone is nearly three metres high and the cliff-edge axis of the circle gives a diameter of about 20 metres.
