Callanish Stones Visitor Centre
Callanish Stones Visitor Centre is a tourism office in Western Isles, Scotland. Callanish Stones Visitor Centre is situated nearby to Callanish Post Office, as well as near the island Bratanish Mor.- Type: Tourism office
- Also known as: “Calanais Visitor Centre”, “Ionad nan Tursachan”, and “Ionad Tursachan Chalanais”
- Address: Calanais, Isle of Lewis, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles, Scotland HS2 9DY
- Roof shape: hipped
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Callanish Stones and Callanish II.
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 810 feet north of Callanish Stones Visitor Centre.
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 2,900 feet east of Callanish Stones Visitor Centre.
Callanish III
Archaeological site
Photo: Tumulus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Callanish III 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 III is situated 3,900 feet east of Callanish Stones Visitor Centre.
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 Callanish Stones Visitor Centre.
Callanish Stones Visitor Centre
- Categories: information, building, and tourism
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.1954° or 58° 11′ 44″ northLongitude
-6.74425° or 6° 44′ 39″ westLevels
1Operator
Urras nan Tursachan (The Standing Stones Trust)Open location code
9CCM57W4+57OpenStreetMap ID
way 340683327OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=informationOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=hipped
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Highlights include Callanish Post Office and Bratanish Mor.
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