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Callanish

Village on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland

Callanish
Summary

Village on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland

FieldValue
countryScotland
coordinates
official_nameCallanish
gaelic_nameCalanais
label_positiontop
languageScottish Gaelic
language1English
static_image_nameView to Callanish village from Callanish Stones in summer 2012 (3).JPG
static_image_captionA view to Callanish village from the Callanish Stones in summer 2012
civil_parishUig
unitary_scotlandNa h-Eileanan Siar
lieutenancy_scotlandWestern Isles
constituency_westminsterNa h-Eileanan an Iar
constituency_scottish_parliamentNa h-Eileanan an Iar
post_townISLE OF LEWIS
postcode_districtHS2
postcode_areaHS
dial_code01851
os_grid_referenceNB212333

Calanais () 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. A linear settlement with a jetty, it is on a headland jutting into Loch Roag, a sea loch 13 mi west of Stornoway. Calanais is situated alongside the A858, between Breasclete and Garynahine.

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.

Callanish Standing Stones, Outer Hebrides

References

References

  1. "Details of Callanish". Scottish Places.
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