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The boundary between Lewis and Harris runs for about six miles (ten kilometres), where the island narrows between Loch Resort (Loch Reasort, opposite Scarp) on the west and Loch Seaforth (Loch Shìophoirt) on the east [11] [13] This is north of the more obvious isthmus at Tarbert, which looks as though it should separate North Harris from South ...
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.
The following 56 pages use this file: Aberdeen, West Virginia; Alkires Mills, West Virginia; Alum Bridge, West Virginia; Arnold, Lewis County, West Virginia
The West Side (Scottish Gaelic: An Taobh Siar) is the name used for the (predominantly Gaelic-speaking) settlements along the NW coast of the Isle of Lewis between Dell in Ness to the NE and Shawbost to the SW. The area is about 25 km long and is served by the A857 and A858 roads.
The entrance is on the north-west side. [9] The entrance is 75 centimetres wide and 1 metre high. The walls on this side of the broch do not much exceed the height of the entrance capstone and there are no stones on top of the large capstone. [10] On the south side of the entrance-passage is a so-called "guard cell", a small side room in the ...
MV Isle of Lewis is a ro-ro ferry operated by Caledonian MacBrayne between Oban and Castlebay, Barra. Built in 1995, she remains one of only three ships in the CalMac fleet over 100 metres (328 ft) in length; the others, Loch Seaforth , being longer by almost 15 metres and Glen Sannox being just over 1 metre longer.
The loch is dominated by the only inhabited island Great Bernera [1] and East Loch Roag is actually referred to as Loch Bernera on early maps, most notably Murdoch MacKenzie's original Admiralty Chart from 1776. [3] The use of west and east to differentiate the sections of the loch appear from the original Ordnance Survey in the 19th century. [4]
Morrisons of Harris and Lewis can traditionally be found around Nis, and in the north-west Highlands in the county of Sutherland around the town of Durness (Scottish Gaelic: Diùranais). There is a Ness Fishery Memorial above the harbour at Port of Ness that honours the local fisherman who have died as a result of sinkings and drownings. [ 4 ]