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Our Research Hub is your gateway to over 5,000 years of history and scholarship on the Calanais Stones. Here you can access detailed expert insights, archaeological reports, research papers, and interactive lectures into the Neolithic landscape.
Professor Emeritus Dennis Harding, formerly of the University of Edinburgh, established the Callanish Archaeological Research Centre (CARC) at the Calanais Farmhouse near the standing stones in 1985.
Astrophysicist Roberto Trotta shares insights from his book ‘Starborn’ and his star gazing experiences at Calanais.
Sue Clutterbuck& Peter Vallance spent many years involved with the archaeology and mythology surrounding Calanais, working over a 20-year period alongside the late Margaret Curtis.
Dr Rebecca Rennell and Dr Emily Gal, archaeologists at the University of the Highlands & Islands Archaeology Institute, talk with the Prehistory Guys about their work on the archaeology of the Outer Hebrides.
In this Calanais Conversation, The Prehistory Guys talk with Gerald Ponting. In the 1970s and 1980s, Gerald and Margaret Ponting (later Margaret Curtis, who died in 2022) carried out groundbreaking research at Calanais.
New light on a ceremonial landscape. Lecture by Alison Sheridan, research associate National Museums Scotland.
The Prehistory Guys have returned with another episode of Calanais Conversations with Dr Melanie Johnson! Melanie is a specialist in prehistoric pottery.
Dr Jo Hambly works for the SCAPE Trust who work with the public on the archaeology, history and past environments of the coastal zone of Scotland.
This episode features Professor Duncan Garrow and his latest work on the Isle of Lewis, excavating Loch Bhorgastail. We hope you enjoy!!!
Calanais Conversations will feature guests such as the Prehistory Guys, who will telling us all about their personal history with Calanais and why these Standing Stones are so unique.
