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The Archaeology of Skye and the Western Isles

Ian Armit

Print publication date: 1996

Print ISBN-13: 9780748608584

Published to Edinburgh Scholarship Online: September 2012

DOI: 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748608584.001.0001

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Tombs and Standing Stones

Tombs and Standing Stones

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(p.67) 5 Tombs and Standing Stones
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The Archaeology of Skye and the Western Isles
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Ian Armit

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Edinburgh University Press
DOI:10.3366/edinburgh/9780748608584.003.0005

This chapter explore the monumental ritual monuments of the Neolithic period including the major stone circle complex at Calanais in Lewis. It also considers the extensive evidence for Neolithic funerary architecture in the form of chambered tombs such as that from Clettraval, North Uist.

Keywords:   Calanais, Standing stones, Chambered tombs, Neolithic, Clettraval

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