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Callanish. A Five Day, One Hundred Mile Walk by Hamish Fulton

 Callanish. A Five Day, One Hundred Mile Walk by Hamish Fulton
Accession Code: wu0628
Title: Callanish, A Five Day, One Hundred Mile Walk
Date completed: 1976
Medium: Photograph
Location Name: Humanities
Location Description:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society in 1992.

An early example of Hamish Fulton's walk-based artworks, a photograph of the ancient stone circle at Callanish, created in the Neolithic era (pre-dating Stonehenge) and used for ritual activities during the Bronze Age. The dramatic image marks the culmination of a one hundred mile walk he undertook on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides.