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Ballochroy A site on the Kintyre peninsula with three standing stones,
lined up with a cist 120 ft away and to foresights marking midsummer
and midwinter sunset over Jura and Cara Island.
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Beltane Celtic festival held on April 30/May 1, marking the beginning of
summer.
Bluestones Spotted dolerite stones brought from the Preseli/Prescelly
Mountains of Wales to Stonehenge and other sites en route, erected at
Stonehenge II and rearranged within Stonehenge III.
Brochs Circular Iron Age stone towers, possibly with astronomically
oriented entrances.
Callanish Large megalithic structure on the island of Lewis in the Out-
er Hebrides, part of a much larger complex of sites.
Campsie Hills or Fells The prominent range of hills overlooking Glas-
gow on the north.
Candlemas Christian feast, February 2, commemorating the Presenta-
tion of Jesus at the Temple. Also a key date in the megalithic calendar as
reconstructed by Alexander and Archie Thom (see Imbolc).
Cardinal Points The true north, south, east and west points on the
observer's horizon.
Castle Rigg A large flattened circle with multiple astronomical align-
ments, near Keswick in the Lake District of England.
Cathkin Braes Slopes overlooking Glasgow on the southeast.
Celestial Poles The positions where Earth's axis meets the celestial sphere
at 90°' declination north and south, overhead at the terrestrial poles.
Celestial Sphere The entire sky pictured as a sphere of infinite radius
centered on the observer.
Celts Ancient peoples of western and central Europe, originating in the
Iron Age Hallstatt culture of Austria, driven by later migrations into Brit-
tany, Cornwall, Wales, Ireland and Scotland.
Circumpolar Having a declination greater than the latitude of the ob-
server and consequently always in the sky, never rising nor setting.
Cist or Kist A box-shaped stone burial chamber overlaid with a stone slab.