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The Isle of Lewis [2] (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Leòdhais) or simply Lewis (pronounced [ˈʎɔːəs̪] ⓘ) is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides archipelago in Scotland. The two parts are frequently referred to as if they were separate islands.
Lewis and Harris (Scottish Gaelic: Leòdhas agus Na Hearadh, Scots: Lewis an Harris), or Lewis with Harris, [8] is a Scottish island in the Outer Hebrides, around 24 miles (39 km) from the Scottish mainland.
Recently several historians have shown a connection between the early clan and the Hebridean Nicolsons/MacNicols.W.D.H. Sellar and William Matheson pointed out that in lands held by the clan (Lewis, in Wester Ross, and Waternish on the Isle of Skye), there were traditions of the Nicolsons/MacNicols preceding them. [9]
Media related to Lewis chessmen at Wikimedia Commons; The British Museum's page on the chessmen. National Museums Scotland's pages on the chessmen; A History of the World in 100 Objects, Number 61: The Lewis Chessmen; A Website dedicated to the Lewis chessmen, their form and history; Sketchfab: 3D models of the chess pieces at National Museum ...
Clan Morrison is a Scottish clan.The Highland Clan Morrison is traditionally associated with the Isle of Lewis and Harris (Leòdhas) around Ness (Nis), Dun Pabbay, and Barvas (Barabhas), lands in Sutherland around Durness, and in North Uist.
The Gentlemen Adventurers of Fife arrived at the Isle of Lewis by ship from St Andrews in 1599 with a private army of 600 men. A settlement of primitive houses was created on the Lewis coast near where Stornoway now stands, in an area now called South Beach.
The Macaulay family of Uig in Lewis, known in Scottish Gaelic as Clann mhic Amhlaigh, [1] were a small family located around Uig on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. There is no connection between the Macaulays of Lewis and Clan MacAulay which was centred in the Loch Lomond area, bordering the Scottish Highlands and Scottish ...
The hoard of ninety-three games pieces was found on the Isle of Lewis and was exhibited in Edinburgh in 1831. [1] Most accounts have said the pieces were found at Uig Bay) on the west coast of Lewis but Caldwell et al. of National Museums Scotland (NMS) consider that Mealista), also in the parish of Uig and some 6 miles (10 km) further south down the coast, is a more likely place for the hoard ...