Callanish XII
Callanish XII is an archaeological site in Western Isles, Scotland. Callanish XII is situated nearby to Breasclete Community Center, as well as near Callanish Cemetery.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Callanish Stones and Ceabhaigh.
Callanish Stones
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Calanais Stones are a prehistoric stone circle and stone alignment on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The monument was built during the Neolithic period, around c. 2750 BC. Callanish Stones is situated 1¼ miles south of Callanish XII.
Ceabhaigh
Island
Ceabhaigh is a small island in an arm of Loch Ròg on the west coast of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It is about 25 hectares in extent. It is not known if the island was ever permanently inhabited.
Callanish X
Archaeological site
Photo: Claire Pegrum, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Callanish X is the collapsed remains of a stone circle. It is one of many megalithic structures around the more well-known and larger Calanais I on the west coast of the isle of Lewis, in the Western Isles of the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Callanish X is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Callanish XII.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Callanish and Garynahine.
Callanish
Village
Calanais is a village on the west side of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, 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 miles west of Stornoway.
Garynahine
Village
Photo: F Leask, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Garynahine is a settlement on Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Garynahine is situated at a T-junction where roads from Stornoway, Uig and the west side of Lewis all meet. The roads are the A858 and the B8011. Garynahine is within the parish of Uig. Garynahine is situated 2 miles southeast of Callanish XII.
Breaclete
Village
Photo: Iain Macaulay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Breacleit is the central village on Great Bernera in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Breaclete is within the parish of Uig. Although the village name comes from a geographical feature rather than a steading it is generally believed to be an ancient settlement. Breaclete is situated 3½ miles west of Callanish XII.
Callanish XII
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.21527° or 58° 12′ 55″ northLongitude
-6.74291° or 6° 44′ 35″ westOpen location code
9CCM6784+4ROpenStreetMap ID
way 1013218545OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Breasclete Community Center and Callanish Cemetery.
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