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21-SEP-2017 Dick Keely

Standing Stones - Callanish VIII - Tursachan

Bernera, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Great Bernera, often known just as Bernera, is an island and community in the Outer Hebrides.
With an area of just over 21 sq. km, it is the thirty-fourth largest Scottish island.
Great Bernera lies in Loch Roag on the north-west coast of Lewis and is linked to it by a road bridge.
Built in 1953, the bridge was the first pre-stressed concrete bridge in Europe.
The main settlement on the island is Breaclete.
Callanish VIII is a unique standing stone arrangement near the bridge between Lewis and Bernera, set out in a semicircle.
It is known locally as Tursachan, which means merely "Standing Stones".
Bernera is also known for its Iron Age (or possibly Pictish) settlement at Bostadh, discovered in 1992 and now covered by sand so that it is preserved. A replica Iron Age house matching those now buried is sited nearby.


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Martin Lamoon20-Oct-2017 18:38
Fine shot of the stones.
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GaleriaFotoStefan20-Oct-2017 03:42
Great composition, V
Graeme19-Oct-2017 22:01
An excellent composition and info, Dick.V
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