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The Clisham ( Scottish Gaelic: An Cliseam) is a mountain on North Harris, Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. [ 4] At 799 metres (2,621 ft), it is the highest mountain in the Outer Hebrides and the archipelago's only Corbett. [ 1] Climbers often encounter light rain and boggy and muddy terrain. [ 7][ 8]
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.
Duncan Campbell (revivalist) Duncan Campbell (13 February 1898 - 28 March 1972) was a Scottish Evangelist, who is best known for being a leader in the Lewis Awakening or Hebrides Revival, a mid-20th century religious revival in the Scottish Hebrides .
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 ...
UK. Scotland. 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.
Lewis and Harris is the most populous of the Scottish islands: It had just over 21,000 residents in 2011, [ 4] a rise of 5.6% from the 2001 census total of 19,918. [ 20] Stornoway is the main town of the island, and the civil parish of Stornoway, including the town and various nearby villages, has a population of about 12,000.
UK. Scotland. 58°29′35″N 6°13′37″W / . 58.493°N 6.227°W. / 58.493; -6.227. Port of Ness ( Scottish Gaelic: Port Nis) is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the community of Ness, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Port of Ness is within the parish of Barvas. [1] Port of Ness is situated at the end of the A857, which runs from ...