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Calanais (English: Callanish) 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.^[1] A linear settlement with a jetty, it is on a headland jutting into Loch Roag, a sea loch 13 miles (21 kilometres) west of Stornoway. Calanais is situated alongside the A858, between Breasclete and Garynahine.^{[citation needed]}

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.

• Calanais Visitor Centre
• Breasclete Community Association (local area’s website)
• Panoramas of the Callanish Standing Stones (QuickTime required)
• Historic Environment Scotland. “Lewis, Callanish (Site no. NB23SW 19)”.
• Historic Environment Scotland. “Calanais, Calanais and Bhreascleit War Memorial (Site no. NB23SW 98)”.
• Historic Environment Scotland. “Lewis, Callanish, Tea Rooms (Site no. NB23SW 78)”.
• Historic Environment Scotland. “Lewis, Callanish, Pier (Site no. NB23SW 18)”.
• A Statistical Analysis of Megalithic Sites in Britain : Alexander Thom – Alexander Thom