Calanais; The Major Lunar standstill

The Calanais stone circle complex on the Isle of Lewis is aligned to a range of hills known in Gaelic as Cailleach na Mointeach (Old Woman of the Moors) or Sleeping Beauty. The relationship between the stones and the 18.6 year cycle of the moon has been established through the research, amogst others, of Ron and Margaret Curtis (). This film was made at the site known as Calanais 3 which has the unusual setting of 4 stones within the circle. The interpretation of stones symbolising the T