Callanish Explained

Country:Scotland
Coordinates:58.201°N -6.745°W
Official Name:Callanish
Gaelic Name:Calanais
Label Position:top
Language:Scottish Gaelic
Language1:English
Static Image Name:View to Callanish village from Callanish Stones in summer 2012 (3).JPG
Static Image Caption:A view to Callanish village from the Callanish Stones in summer 2012
Civil Parish:Uig
Unitary Scotland:Na h-Eileanan Siar
Lieutenancy Scotland:Western Isles
Constituency Westminster:Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Constituency Scottish Parliament:Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Post Town:ISLE OF LEWIS
Postcode District:HS2
Postcode Area:HS
Dial Code:01851
Os Grid Reference:NB212333

Calanais (Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Callanish|links=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language|label=English) 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 130NaN0 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Details of Callanish. Scottish Places. 24 December 2014.
  2. Web site: A858. Sabre. 24 December 2014.