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Sign in to saveCalanais () 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 west of Stornoway. Calanais is situated alongside the A858, between Breasclete and Garynahine.
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Callanish
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Calanais
- UK place.label_position
- top
- UK place.language
- Scottish Gaelic
- UK place.language1
- English
- UK place.static_image_name
- View to Callanish village from Callanish Stones in summer 2012 (3).JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- A view to Callanish village from the Callanish Stones in summer 2012
- UK place.civil_parish
- Uig
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Western Isles
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Ùig
- Image
- Callanish standing stones 1.jpg
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- P706
- Outer Hebrides
- P7959
- Ross-shire
- P8168
- negative real number
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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 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. thumb|none|Callanish Standing Stones, Outer Hebrides