| Callanish II | |
| Native Name: | Cnoc Ceann a' Gharaidh |
| Map Type: | Scotland Outer Hebrides |
| Coordinates: | 58.1944°N -6.7289°W |
| Epochs: | Neolithic, Bronze Age |
The Callanish II stone circle (gd|Cnoc Ceann a' Gharaidh) is one of many megalithic structures around the better-known (and larger) Calanais I on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
Callanish II is situated on a ridge just 90 metres from the waters of Loch Roag. It is just a few hundred metres from the Callanish III stone circle. See also Callanish IV, Callanish VIII and Callanish X for other minor sites.
The stone circle consists of seven thin standing stones arranged in the shape of an ellipse measuring 21.6 by 18.9 metres.[1] Five of the stones are standing and two have fallen.[2] The stones vary from 2 to 3.3 metres in height.[2] A slab, 1.4 metres long, lies in front of the western stone, pointing towards the centre of the circle.[2] The stone circle surrounds a cairn with a diameter of 8.5 metres.[2]
When 3 feet (1 metre) of peat was removed from the site in 1848, four holes were noticed, three grouped in an arc at the northwest, a fourth at the south-west.[1] Wood charcoal found in them suggests that they formed an earlier timber circle about 10 metres in diameter.[1]