History
Calanais Standing Stones
Callanish, Scotland
A cross-shaped setting of Neolithic standing stones, with a visitor centre and café.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 75 min
The Calanais stones were raised around 2750 BC, a circle with avenues of stones radiating from it. You can walk right among them, and the visitor centre has an exhibition and a café. Smaller stone settings nearby are far quieter if the main site is busy.
Good to know
- Walk the stones for free, the visitor centre has a small fee for the exhibition
- Try the smaller Callanish II and III circles nearby
- Dusk and early morning are best for light
- Best time
- Early morning or evening
- Open
- Stones all year, centre seasonal
- Getting there
- Signed from the A858, car park at the visitor centre
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
Facilities
- Picnic tables
- Rubbish bins
- Toilets
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