What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Callernish as Clearance Cairn(s) (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Callernish is a Neolithic stone circle and associated cairns located on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland, dating to approximately 2500–1500 BCE. It is significant as one of the best-preserved and most architecturally sophisticated Neolithic ceremonial sites in the British Isles.
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Places near here
CallernishField System (post Medieval) · 289 yd
Beach at GriminishBeach · 464 yd
Callernish HouseOld home or work place · 542 yd
Settlement ruins, GriminishOld home or work place · 553 yd
North Uist, Griminish, Loch An Eilean, Dun A'ghallainDun (prehistoric), Dagger (iron)(period Unknown), Quern (stone)(period Unknown) · 665 yd
Griminish beachBeach · 698 yd
Beinn ScolpaigMountain / peak · 1464 yd
Monument To George BeveridgeMemorial · 1518 yd
Camas na CricheBay · 1.0 mi
Bàgh nan CraobhagBay · 1.4 mi
Scolpaig Tower , 1830Castle, fort or tower · 1.5 mi
Loch Scolpaig towerCastle, fort or tower · 1.5 mi