Callanish hidden circle found and lighting strike

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nix N
nix Dec 26, 2019 16:44:28

New technology reveals a star-shaped burn mark hidden under peat that gives clues to the meaning of the standing stones

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/dec/21/callanish-standing-stones-lightning-strike-archaeology-lewis-scotland

M moss
moss Dec 27, 2019 06:44:07
Replying to nix

I saw this article but forgot to put it on, the site is 'Airigh na Beinne Bige, by the way Nix, as below ...

https://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/2990/airigh_na_beinne_bige.html

Mike Pitts on Twitter has something to say about it as well. As theories go I find it slightly far fetched, one strike (and the stone circle is only a maybe) doesn't mean that other stone circles were created in this way.