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Callanish VI

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📷 Claire Pegrum · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome0 ha

Getting here

58.17566, -6.68516

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
  • 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Crown Rust, Uromyces rumicis, Puccinia dioicae +9 more · last seen 2014; Fungi — Crown Rust, Uromyces rumicis, Puccinia dioicae +9 more · last seen 2014

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Bird watching

Birds — Greylag Goose, Starling, Great Black-backed Gull +27 more · last seen 2019; Birds — Greylag Goose, Starling, Great Black-backed Gull +27 more · last seen 2019

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Bifid Crestwort, Common Feather-moss, Silky Forklet-moss +285 more · last seen 2017; Plants — Bifid Crestwort, Common Feather-moss, Silky Forklet-moss +285 more · last seen 2017

Free

Foraging

Plants — Autumn Hawkbit, Two-horned Pincerwort, Wood-rust +10 more foraging species

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Heritage

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Hebridean WayCycling route
Named routeRef HWRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Calanais/Callanish VI, Cùl a' Chleit, Isle of Lewis

📷 Claire Pegrum · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Calanais/Callanish VI, Cùl a' Chleit, Isle of Lewis

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Tursachan ChalanaisHistoric site4.3 km→✦Callanish VIIHistoric site1.5 km→✦Cnoc Fhillibhir BhigHistoric site3.2 km→✦Cnoc Ceann a' GhàrraidhHistoric site3.3 km→✦Callanish XIVHistoric site3.3 km→✦Callanish XIXHistoric site3.9 km→

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