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The Calanais Stones (or "Calanais I": Scottish Gaelic: Clachan Chalanais or Tursachan Chalanais) are an arrangement of standing stones placed in a cruciform pattern with a central stone circle, located on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland.
The stone is sited in the village of Ballantrushal on the west side of Lewis. Local legend says that it marks the site of a great battle, the last to be fought between the feuding clans of the Macaulays and Morrisons. [2] However it is actually the solitary upright stone remaining from a stone circle built about 5,000 years ago.
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. Callanish Standing Stones, Outer Hebrides
The boundary between Lewis and Harris runs for about six miles (ten kilometres), where the island narrows between Loch Resort (Loch Reasort, opposite Scarp) on the west and Loch Seaforth (Loch Shìophoirt) on the east [11] [13] This is north of the more obvious isthmus at Tarbert, which looks as though it should separate North Harris from South ...
Only five stones currently stand, but there could have been as many as thirteen. [5] The stones range in size from 2 to 2.7 metres. [1] In the centre is a dilapidated cairn. [5] A small slab, 60 centimetres high, is set on edge within the cairn. [1] To the south-east of the circle is a prehistoric quartz quarry. [6] To the south-west is a ...
The LeRoy and Lewis truck makes one of the best burgers in town, and that 1/2 pound brisket-based beast is on the menu at the restaurant, draped with American cheese and topped with grilled onions ...
The harbour, Stornoway The ruins of Dun Carloway Iron Age broch Two kings and two queens from the Lewis chessmen Our Lady of the Isles, South Uist Amhuinnsuidhe Castle, Harris The inhabited islands of the Outer Hebrides had a total population of 26,502 in 2001 [ 7 ] and 27,684 at the time of the 2011 census .
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