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  2. Lewis and Harris - Wikipedia

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    The Callanish Stones in the Loch Ròg area were erected roughly 5,000 years ago, thus dating from the late Neolithic or the early Bronze Age. [22] [23] In the 9th century, Norsemen dominated the Isle; they eventually converted to Christianity. In the early 13th Century, the Nicholson family, or MacNicols, built Castle Lewis at Stornoway harbour.

  3. Callanish - Wikipedia

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    Calanais (English: Callanish) is a village (township) on the west side of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles), Scotland. Calanais is within the parish of Uig. [1] A linear settlement with a jetty, it is on a headland jutting into Loch Roag, a sea loch 13 miles (21 kilometres) west of Stornoway.

  4. Stornoway - Wikipedia

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    Stornoway Town Hall. The town was founded by Vikings in the early 9th century, [8] with the Old Norse name Stjórnavágr.The settlement grew up around a sheltered natural harbour and became a hub for people from all over the island, who travelled to Stornoway either by family boat or by horse-drawn coach, for onward travel to and trade with the rest of Scotland and further afield.

  5. Isle of Lewis - Wikipedia

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    One of the possible routes, between Stornoway and Ullapool, would be over 50 miles (80 km) long and hence the longest road tunnel in the world; [36] [37] however, shorter routes would be possible. Stornoway is the public transport hub of Lewis, with bus services to Point, Ness, Back and Tolsta, Uig, the West Side, Lochs and Tarbert, Harris .

  6. Achmore, Lewis - Wikipedia

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    Achmore is within the parish of Lochs [3] and lies on the A858, about 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Stornoway. [4] The village is the only one on Lewis which does not lie on the coast. The village was one of several that were created in around 1823 in Lochs to accommodate tenants that had been evicted from other parts of the parish and island.

  7. Holm, Lewis - Wikipedia

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    Holm Village (Scottish Gaelic: Tolm) is a village in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the Isle of Lewis near Stornoway. The modern area of Holm can be split into two distinct areas - "Holm Village" and "Holm Road with Parkend". Holm is within the parish of Stornoway. [1]

  8. California vote count is slow, that doesn't mean it's 'rigged ...

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    The claim: California counting ballots two weeks after Election Day is evidence it was ‘rigged’ A Nov. 19 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) claims one state’s lengthy vote-counting ...

  9. Point, Lewis - Wikipedia

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    Point is served by Sgoil an Rubha (Point School), a primary school which opened in 2011 in Bayble, built on the site of Bayble primary and junior secondary school.There was a long debate about the new school, leading to a gap of over 10 years between the first plans and the building of the school.