Callanish
I (from an investor-sponsored
shooting trip to Scotland) Though an epochal snowstorm tried to keep us away from the Western Isles, we eventually got through to our goal—the Standing Stones of Callanish. Dated variously from 2900 to 2600 BCE, they predate the central stone ring of Stonehenge by several hundred years and were likely the stones referenced by the Greek explorer Pytheas in his 4th century BCE account of his visit to the present-day British Isles. In contrast to these stones, Nancy and I had encountered sinister stones in our past. We'd traveled through a remote desert region of Portugal years before and come upon three monumental boulders leaning against each other to form a claustrophobic crevice. Nearby was a suspiciously human-sized horizontal stone. It was difficult not to let our minds wander to the thought of ugly sacrifices. Since these sorts of ruins pre-date any historical record, it's especially tempting to assess a site based on how it "feels." And this spot in Portugal "felt" bad. We left quickly.
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