Bigstones

Nearest Town: Stornoway, Isle of Lewis

OS Grid Reference: NB 22 23 26

Directions: On the left of the A858 from Stornoway, approximately a mile & a half before the main Callanish site. Small layby for parking, access across a short section of occasionally boggy path. Free.

Site Notes: This site is pronounced ‘Krok kee-an a Gary’ and is also referred to as ‘Callanish 2′. Any where else in Britain this site would be surrounded in fanfare and hordes of people, but its closeness to the main site mean many people do not come here at all. This is a shame, as it has its own features, each stone has unique patterns within the quartz, and although many standing stones were worked & shaped there is nothing so striking as the triangular stone shown here. The main site of Callanish is visible on the horizon, and to the rear a path leads you to yet another impressive circle, Cnoc Fillibhear Bheag.