Author:<\/strong>\u00a0Gerald Ponting<\/p>\nWhen Gerald and Margaret Ponting moved to the Isle of Lewis in the 1970s, their fascination with the Callanish Stones sparked a decade of discovery. Their fieldwork led to the re-identification and restoration of key stones, the rediscovery of lost features, and the promotion of the awe-inspiring Major Southern Lunar Standstill phenomenon. Their efforts earned national recognition and helped shape how the site is understood today.<\/p>\n
But the story doesn\u2019t end at Callanish. Through his regular column in the Stornoway Gazette, Gerald championed the preservation of local artefacts\u2014most notably the Shulishader axe\u2014and helped bridge the gap between academic archaeology and community engagement. With over 110 photographs and a foreword by Archaeologist and Urras nan Tursachan board member Dr Alison Sheridan, this book is both a personal memoir and a vital record of Hebridean heritage.<\/p>\n
\u2018It was only in the Seventies, when two spirited incomers \u2013 Gerald and Margaret Ponting \u2013 began to make serious, serious study of the Callanish Stones that there was a real advance in scholarship<\/em>\u2019 \u2014author and journalist John Macleod<\/p>\n\u2018The book is a cracking read\u2026 Gerald\u2019s work demonstrates how vital it is to bridge the gap between \u201cacademic\u201d and professional archaeology\u2026 and the local communities<\/em>\u2019 \u2014Dr. Alison Sheridan, FRSE, Vice President of Archaeology Scotland<\/p>\nISBN:<\/strong>\u00a0978-1-917834-00-1<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A vivid and richly illustrated account of one couple\u2019s extraordinary contribution to the understanding of Scotland\u2019s prehistoric past. Author:\u00a0Gerald Ponting When Gerald and Margaret Ponting moved to the Isle of Lewis in the 1970s, their fascination with the Callanish Stones sparked a decade of discovery. Their fieldwork led to the re-identification and restoration of key […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16231,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}"},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[472],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16230","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-archaeology","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"shipping-taxable","11":"purchasable","12":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n
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