The Calanais Standing Stones have an extraordinary cross-shape. They were erected 5,000 years ago. They predate Stonehenge monument, and were an important ritual place for at least 2,000 years. #StandingStoneSunday - ThreadSky

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ullamr.bsky.social • 46 days ago

The Calanais Standing Stones have an extraordinary cross-shape. They were erected 5,000 years ago. They predate Stonehenge monument, and were an important ritual place for at least 2,000 years. #StandingStoneSunday

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croft1a.bsky.social•45 days ago

A Celtic cross to be specific

cici6923.bsky.social•46 days ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmClcejuoMI
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paulchamberlain.bsky.social•46 days ago

Looks like one of Grants pictures ?

ullamr.bsky.social•46 days ago

Could be. The website where I saw this did not give photographer credit 😒

thequietthinker.bsky.social•46 days ago

The Calanais Stones are incredible—so much history and mystery in one place. Amazing to think they were standing for millennia before Stonehenge! Have you visited them?

ullamr.bsky.social•46 days ago

Sadly no. I have only been in Glasgow, Edinburgh and the Hadrian's Wall in Scotland...

cici6923.bsky.social•46 days ago

https://www.themodernantiquarian.com

jqjacobs.bsky.social•45 days ago

A "ritual place" in the sense that you know what activity happened for thousands of years or a "ritual place" in the sense that you have no idea why this is there?
What is the evidence for your interpretation?

ullamr.bsky.social•45 days ago

In a sense of there being no concrete idea of the ritual. A connection to certain moon positions has been suggested.

croco-dylus.bsky.social•45 days ago

A wonderful place. Our hotel war nearby and so we were there at different times with different lights.

wittspat.bsky.social•44 days ago

Same here. Draws you back ...

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