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The Lewis chessmen ( Scottish Gaelic: Fir-thàilisg Leòdhais [fiɾʲˈhaːlɪʃkʲ loː.ɪʃ]) or Uig chessmen, named after the island or the bay where they were found, [ 1] are a group of distinctive 12th century chess pieces, along with other game pieces, most of which are carved from walrus ivory. Discovered in 1831 on Lewis in the Outer ...
The Uist MacAulays were centred on the Uists; though they were said to have incomers from the Small Isles. 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 ...
The Isle of Lewis[ 2] ( Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Leòdhais) or simply Lewis ( Scottish Gaelic: Leòdhas, 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.
Tolsta Chaolais (also Tolastadh Chaolais, Tolstadh a' Chaolais) is a village on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. It consists of about forty houses, clustered around Loch a' Bhaile, about 1 mile (1.5 kilometres) from the A858 road between Callanish and Carloway. The name has a Norse element, Tolsta, combined with a Gaelic element, Caolas, and means ...
Dun Carloway. / 58.269572; -6.794104. Dun Carloway ( Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Chàrlabhaigh) is a broch situated in the district of Carloway, on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, Scotland ( grid reference NB18994122 ). It is a remarkably well preserved broch – on the east side parts of the old wall still reach to 9 metres tall.
58°11′42″N 7°01′16″W / . 58.195°N 7.021°W. / 58.195; -7.021. Timsgarry ( Scottish Gaelic: Tuimisgearraidh) is a village on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Timsgarry is home to the Baile na Cille Church and the Uig Museum, noted for its giant Chessmen, discovered in the sands in 1831.
Jennifer Cairns. Enrolment. 1,200. Website. www .nicolsoninstitute .org. The Nicolson Institute ( Gaelic: Àrd-sgoil MhicNeacail) in Stornoway, is the largest school in the Western Isles, Scotland. The Nicolson is the only six-year secondary school in Lewis. With the Sir E. Scott School in Harris, they provide education up to Advanced Higher level.
Alasdair Crotach MacLeod 's wall tomb, St Clement's Church, Rodel. This is a list of churches in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. These islands are also officially known as Na h-Eileanan Siar since the implementation of the Local Government (Gaelic Names) (Scotland) Act 1997 . Since the Reformation the residents of the northern islands ( Lewis ...