Editing Callanish (section)

{{Short description|Village on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland}}
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{{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 language|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, Lewis|Uig]]
| unitary_scotland                 = [[Na h-Eileanan Siar]]
| lieutenancy_scotland             = [[Western Isles]]
| constituency_westminster         = [[Na h-Eileanan an Iar (UK Parliament constituency)|Na h-Eileanan an Iar]]
| constituency_scottish_parliament = [[Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Scottish Parliament constituency)|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, Lewis|Uig]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/towndetails592.html|title=Details of Callanish|publisher=Scottish Places|access-date=24 December 2014}}</ref> A linear settlement with a [[jetty]], it is on a headland jutting into [[Loch Roag]], a [[Loch|sea loch]] {{convert|13|mi|km|0|abbr=off}} west of [[Stornoway, Outer Hebrides|Stornoway]]. Calanais is situated alongside the [[A858 road (Great Britain)|A858]], between [[Breasclete]] and [[Garynahine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A858|title=A858|publisher=Sabre|access-date=24 December 2014}}</ref>

The [[Callanish Stones|Calanais Stones]] "Calanais I", a cross-shaped setting of [[standing stone]]s erected around 3000 BC, are one of the most spectacular [[megalith]]ic 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|thumb|none|Callanish Standing Stones, Outer Hebrides]]