As the Hebrides passed through pagan, Norse and Scottish rule, one voice endured above the turmoil: St. Columba, whose ...
On the Isle of Lewis, the Callanish Stones rise against the Atlantic winds, built around 2900 BCE. Aligned with celestial events and surrounded by legends, the stones once included a chambered tomb ...
Older than Stonehenge, the Callanish Standing Stones on Scotland’s Isle of Lewis were built to track the moon’s 18.6-year cycle. Their placement and precision reveal the astronomical knowledge of ...