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{{Short description|Megalith in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox ancient site
| name = Callanish VIII
| native_name = Tursachan
| alternate_name = 
| image = Callanish VIII.JPG
| alt = 
| caption = The stones in 2013
| map_type = Scotland
| map_caption = Location in Scotland, United Kingdom
| location = [[Isle of Lewis|Lewis]], [[Scotland]], [[United Kingdom]]
| coordinates = {{coord|58.20554|-6.82906|display=inline,title}}
| type = [[Standing stones]]
| material = [[Stone]]
| built = {{circa|2750 BC}}
| epochs = [[Neolithic British Isles|Neolithic]], [[Bronze Age Britain|Bronze Age]]
}}
The '''Callanish VIII''' [[stone circle|stone setting]] is one of many [[megalithic]] structures around the better-known (and larger) [[Callanish Stones|Calanais I]] on the west coast of the [[Isle of Lewis]], in the [[Outer Hebrides]] (Western Isles), [[Scotland]]. It is also known locally as '''Tursachan'''.<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|cat=PLA |num=4112 |num2=NB13SE 2 |desc=Great Bernera, 'tursachan', Barraglom |access-date=23 June 2025}}</ref>

This is a very unusual (and possibly unique) setting, with a semicircle of four large stones on the edge of a cliff on the south of the island of [[Great Bernera]] and looking across a narrow strait to Lewis. There is no evidence that the cliff has collapsed here and destroyed half of a complete circle – it would appear that a semicircle was the original intention. The tallest stone is nearly three metres high and the cliff-edge axis of the circle gives a diameter of about 20 metres.

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==External links==
{{Commons category|Callanish VIII}}
* [http://www.ancient-scotland.co.uk/site.php?a=42 Photos of Callanish VIII on the Ancient Scotland site]

{{Prehistoric Western Isles}}
{{European Standing Stones}}
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in the 3rd millennium BC]]
[[Category:Archaeological sites in the Outer Hebrides]]
[[Category:Isle of Lewis]]
[[Category:Scheduled monuments in Scotland]]


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