Callanish

Callanish

Callanish

Human settlement in Scotland

Callanish (Scottish Gaelic: Calanais) is a village (township) on the west side of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles), Scotland. Callanish 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. Callanish is situated alongside the A858, between Breasclete and Garynahine.[2]

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The Callanish Stones "Callanish 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 Callanish II to X.

Callanish Standing Stones, Outer Hebrides

References

  1. [1]
    "Details of Callanish". Scottish Places. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  2. [2]
    "A858". Sabre. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
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