Callanish

LanguageScottish Gaelic
EnglishOS grid referenceNB212333Civil parishCouncil areaLieutenancy areaCountryScotlandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townISLE OF LEWISPostcode districtHS2Dialling code01851PoliceScotlandFireScottishAmbulanceScottish UK ParliamentScottish Parliament 58°12′04″N 6°44′42″W / 58.201°N 6.745°W / 58.201; -6.745

Calanais (English: Callanish) is a village (township) on the west side of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles), Scotland. Calanais is within the parish of Uig.^[1] A linear settlement with a jetty, it is on a headland jutting into Loch Roag, a sea loch 13 miles (21 kilometres) west of Stornoway. Calanais is situated alongside the A858, between Breasclete and Garynahine.^[2]

The Calanais Stones "Calanais I", a cross-shaped setting of standing stones erected around 3000 BC, are one of the most spectacular megalithic monuments in Scotland. A modern visitor centre provides information about the main circle and other lesser monuments nearby, numbered as Calanais II to X.

References

External links

• Calanais Visitor Centre
• Breasclete Community Association (local area's website)
• Panoramas of the Callanish Standing Stones (QuickTime required)
• Canmore - Lewis, Callanish site record
• Canmore - Calanais, Calanais and Bhreascleit War Memorial site record
• Canmore - Lewis, Callanish, Tea Rooms site record
• Canmore - Lewis, Callanish, Pier site record
• A Statistical Analysis of Megalithic Sites in Britain : Alexander Thom
• Alexander Thom