1/13/2023 0 Comments Callanish isle of seil![]() Although she never formally trained as an archaeologist or astronomer, she chronicled how ancient people carefully planned the Callanish sites to mark a number of astronomical events, including a lunar rise and set that occurs only every 18.5 years. Like the Callanish builders four to five millennia ago, Margaret was also a student of the sky. ![]() Yet earthworks and rocks are just part of the story. Over the decades, Margaret’s life’s work included logging untold hours examining the stones finding ones covered by thousands of years of peat and unearthing hidden, but important, sites. This stone marks the end of the avenue of standing stones that leads up to the central circle. Here’s Margaret Curtis with the Callanish I endstone in 2012. She shared her enduring passion for the secrets and mysteries of the extraordinary Callanish Complex. I was so lucky to hire Margaret Curtis to be my guide. ![]() Collectively, these 20-plus sites are called the Callanish Complex. Many megalithic sites-including other circles, stone rows, burial cairns, and single standing stones-dot the countryside and farmland. So, Donald drove me and Margaret on not one, but two, tours of Callanish-which encompasses far more than just the large circle I’d journeyed to see. Just like that, I had an appointment with a local expert!Īs it turned out, Donald and Nita Macleod, the owners of Leumadair B&B where I stayed, are good friends and supporters of Margaret’s research. So I phoned her before I left the States to request a tour. I first read about archaeo-astronomer Margaret Curtis on artist Jane Tomlinson’s blog post, and knew that I had to meet Margaret. Here, in 2012, she explained the Triple Goddess stones inside Callanish III circle. Margaret Curtis led tours of the Callanish standing stones.
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