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.