'New' Stone Circle near Callanish in the news

Na Dromannan 1

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Megalithic Aug 28, 2003 21:59:10

From the description in the Herald article posted in the news
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/archive/28-8-19103-0-5-38.html
it sounds like it's this site otherwise known as 'Callanish X', see
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=274071080
text from "The Stones around Callanish" written by Gerald Ponting and Margaret Ponting (now Margaret Curtis) in the late 1980s. Or else it's another circle very close to it.

Cheers
Andy

moey Aug 29, 2003 07:26:38

Replying to Megalithic

don't know if it's Callanish X or not, but it made it into the Scottish Sun too. Somebody gave me the clipping.

Titled "It's a Scottish Stonehenge" it says it was "bigger and older" than Stonehenge. The size there is listed as "33yards wide and each stone measures between 8ft and 13 ft long"

moey

FourWinds Aug 29, 2003 09:21:52

Replying to Megalithic

It is a great find - with a capital GREAT. Will they re-erect it? Probably ... and the charge you to see it ? ... hopefully not.

"The circles may have taken centuries to go up, one by one. People have tended to see these things as temples. But I think the significance of the process was the dragging of the stones and their size and quality."

I'm not sure I agree with this quote though. If this is the case then some circles are really, really bad, because the quality and size of the stones is poor. Take the Cork/Kerry five-stoners - tiny but very importantly located. What he says might apply for the some areas, but it can't be applied everywhere.

Mr Altres Aug 29, 2003 11:48:37

Replying to Megalithic

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/england/manchester/3186601.stm

Joolio Geordio Aug 31, 2003 14:35:40

Replying to Megalithic

I have just had a call from Margaret Curtis at Callanish and she confirms that the claimed "New Discovered" Stone Circle is in fact Callanish X (known as Druirn Nan Eun or Na Dromannan).

This first recorded in 1914 and published in the Royal Commission For The Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland Inventory of the Western Isles 1928 and has been documented on several occasions including in publications by Margaret Curtis (Ponting) and Ron Curtis, Aubrey Burl and Historic Scotland and in several general publications also.

Hope that this helps to clarify matters.

Joolio

nickbrand Sep 8, 2003 15:55:19

Replying to Megalithic

http://www.stornowaygazette.co.uk/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Newspaper/Article&pid=1034254631790&cid=1060350159439