Calanais Substation
Calanais Substation is an electrical substation in Western Isles, Scotland. Calanais Substation is situated nearby to the archaeological site Callanish XIX, as well as near Callanish Post Office.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Callanish Stones and Callanish X.
Callanish Stones
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Calanais Stones are an arrangement of standing stones placed in a cruciform pattern with a central stone circle, located on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. Callanish Stones is situated 2,900 feet southwest of Calanais Substation.
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 2,300 feet east of Calanais Substation.
Callanish II
Archaeological site
Photo: Tumulus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Callanish II stone circle is one of many megalithic structures around the better-known Calanais I on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Callanish II is situated 3,100 feet south of Calanais Substation.
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.
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 4 miles northwest of Calanais Substation.
Calanais Substation
- Type: Electrical substation
- Category: industry
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.20272° or 58° 12′ 10″ northLongitude
-6.73344° or 6° 44′ 0″ westOperator
Scottish HydroOpen location code
9CCM6738+3JOpenStreetMap ID
way 340683325
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