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The Isle of Mull has many free standing stones and
several Stone Circles. Their origin and history is a little open to
conjecture, however, it is believed that many of the stones of the west
coast, like the Calanish Stones on Lewis, were erected between 5000 and
2000 B.C.
To give a fair description
and analysis, we have used the information published on the web by Dr.
Robert Pollock of Otaga University in New Zealand. There are several
locally published printed works about the Stones of Mull, however,
Robert Pollock has published his work in a web friendly way. The site
is called 'Stones of Wonder'. We, as a Historical Society, wish also to
encourage membership and interest from the rest of the world. Together
we can build a complete history of Mull and Iona.
'Stones of
Wonder is a Web guidebook to prehistoric monuments in Scotland (dating to
the Neolithic or the Bronze Age) which have orientations to the sun, moon
or stars. It gives the background to the archaeology of the sites, to
archaeoastronomy and to the previous work which has been done. The main
part of the guidebook is a listing of the monuments which can be visited,
and the best time of year to see them and observe for yourself the
sunrises, sunsets, moon rises and moon sets. The work is based on original
surveys, of which full details are given'. Robert
Pollock
Ardalanish
Ardnacross
Balliscate
Cillchriosd
Dervaig
Lochbuie
Lochbuie
Uisken
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