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Calanais (Template:Langx) 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A linear settlement with a jetty, it is on a headland jutting into Loch Roag, a sea loch Template:Convert west of Stornoway. Calanais is situated alongside the A858, between Breasclete and Garynahine.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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.
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- Calanais Visitor Centre
- Breasclete Community Association (local area's website)
- Panoramas of the Callanish Standing Stones (QuickTime required)
- Canmore - Lewis, Callanish site record
- Canmore - Calanais, Calanais and Bhreascleit War Memorial site record
- Canmore - Lewis, Callanish, Tea Rooms site record
- Canmore - Lewis, Callanish, Pier site record
- A Statistical Analysis of Megalithic Sites in Britain : Alexander Thom
- Alexander Thom