Attractions near Callanish Museum

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Callanish Museum

Isle of Lewis HS2 9DY - Scotland, UK

The Calllanish Visitor Centre is a first class facility that has been created in order for visitors to this area to get the most out of the region. The centre is well staffed by local people who know the...

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Attractions near Callanish Museum

A selection of attractions close to Callanish Museum:

Callanish Stone Circle (< 1 Mile)

The Callanish Stones (Calanais in Gaelic) have stood by Loch Roag for between three- and four-thousand years, and possibly as long as 5,000 years. The...

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Lews Castle (16 Miles)

Lews Castle built by the Mathesons in the 19th century, on the West Side of Stornoway Harbour. Sir James Matheson who purchased the island in...

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Bernera Museum (16 Miles)

The museum is a small collection, but a fascinating one dedicated to the history of this little community hidden away n the islands of Scotland....

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Eye Peninsula (26.8 Miles)

Also known as Point, this peninsula is joined to the Isle of Lewis by an isthmus which is only 100 metres wide in places. It’s...

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Scarista Beach (37.8 Miles)

The west coast of Harris is renowned for its fine golden beaches. Scarista Beach is one of a string of world class sands which stretch...

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Berneray (54.5 Miles)

The small Hebridean island of Berneray lies off North Uist. Connected by a causeway it is a mere 3km by 5km in size but is...

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The Skye Museum of Island Life (56.1 Miles)

The Skye Museum of Island Life is a group of seven traditionally thatched croft cottages, once a common sight in the Highlands and now extremely...

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Duntulm Castle (65.4 Miles)

Set on Trotternish, Skye’s most northerly peninsula, Duntulm Castle is an ancient fortification. It started life an Iron Age broch and then became a Pictish...

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Kilt Rock (65.4 Miles)

Located on the east coast of Skye’s Trotternish Peninsula, the striking rock formation known as Kilt Rock is a 200 foot high sea cliff. The...

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The Lump (65.4 Miles)

The Meall or ‘The Lump’ in Portree on the Isle of Skye is the name given to the hill above the harbour and old quay...

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Portree Harbour (65.4 Miles)

In the eighteenth Century, Portree harbour was the scene of many anguished departures for the people of Skye forced to emigrate to North America because...

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The Storr (65.4 Miles)

The Storr is probably Skye’s most famous landmark. It is a dramatic 719 metre high mountain located above the east-facing cliffs of the Trotternish Peninsula....

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The Staffin Museum (65.4 Miles)

Learn more about the remarkable geological landforms of Skye at the Staffin Museum. This small community-based museum stands by the roadside in the village of...

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Gairloch Heritage Museum (77.8 Miles)

Set in the north-west Highland village of Gairloch this award winning museum details its colourful history from its earliest inhabitants through to the present day....

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(All distances are direct and may be longer by road)