Callanish

{{Short description|Village on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = Scotland

| coordinates = {{coord|58.201|-6.745|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Callanish

| gaelic_name = Calanais

| label_position = top

| language = Scottish Gaelic

| language1 = English

| static_image_name = View to Callanish village from Callanish Stones in summer 2012 (3).JPG

| static_image_caption = A view to Callanish village from the Callanish Stones in summer 2012

| population =

| civil_parish = Uig

| unitary_scotland = Na h-Eileanan Siar

| lieutenancy_scotland = Western Isles

| constituency_westminster = Na h-Eileanan an Iar

| constituency_scottish_parliament = Na h-Eileanan an Iar

| post_town = ISLE OF LEWIS

| postcode_district = HS2

| postcode_area = HS

| dial_code = 01851

| os_grid_reference = NB212333

}}

Calanais ({{langx|gd|Callanish|links=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language|label=English}}) 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/towndetails592.html|title=Details of Callanish|publisher=Scottish Places|access-date=24 December 2014}} A linear settlement with a jetty, it is on a headland jutting into Loch Roag, a sea loch {{convert|13|mi|km|0|abbr=off}} west of Stornoway. Calanais is situated alongside the A858, between Breasclete and Garynahine.{{cite web|url=http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A858|title=A858|publisher=Sabre|access-date=24 December 2014}}

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.

Image:Callanish standing stones 1.jpg