Calanis Standing Stones, Isle of Lewis

The Standing Stones at Calanais are reported to have been erected between 3,000 - 4,000 years ago. They stand on the side of Loch Road and Calanais 1 , the biggest of three circles contains fifty large stones, the tallest being sixteen feet high and weighing 5.5 tonnes.

The second circle consists of ten stones with five still standing and the third has twenty stones formed in a double ring.

These circles are thought to be older than Stonehenge and the pyramids of Egypt, however being less accessible the numbers of visitors is considerably less !!!