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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Severin Carrell Scotland editor

Calanais standing stones admission fee proposed amid rise in visitors

The Calanais standing stones
The Calanais stones were erected from about 2900BC onwards. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Scotland’s heritage agency plans to introduce an admission fee at the neolithic Calanais standing stones, one of the most popular and revered cultural sites in the Hebrides.

The fee proposal coincides with a £6m revamp of Calanais visitor facilities being built in response to a surge in tourism to the Western Isles, driven largely by day trips by cruise ship passengers.

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