Uig Bay is massive. We walked out a long way to see the incoming tide. As the beach is so big, the tide comes in at speed. On such beaches the only sounds are wind, waves and birds. Heaven on earth indeed, but I am no romantic. This was June with about 20 hours of daylight, not December when it is dark most of the time.
The Twelfth Century walrus ivory Uig chessmen were found hidden in a small stone structure near Ardroil on Camas Uig. They were probably produced in a workshop in Trondheim, Norway. In 1831 a local man discovered the hoard. Most were bought by the British Museum . This modern likeness of the king piece is near where they were found.
The view from our first B&B on Lewis, Clearview, Ballalan where Mrs Mackay welcomed us with tea and homemade cake. We later found out she had won third prize for her hospitality in the tourist board ratings of all B&Bs in the Hebrides. This was our best Hebridean B&B view. This is Loch Erisort and the hills of North Harris.
In 1994, a cairn commemorating the Deer Raid of 1887 was erected. I think it is more broch than cairn. It commemorates the men tried under the riot act for taking deer from land from which families were evicted for a rich man's sporting estate. The heroes were acquitted. The history of the Hebrides and the Clearances is a terrible story of inhumanity. Families were burned out to provide land for sheep and then for sport, deer forests. Sometimes even personal possessions like the looms for weaving were burned with the houses. Many were forced to emigrate to Canada, Australia or New Zealand, sometimes in disease ridden ships.
Uig Bay is massive. We walked out a long way to see the incoming tide. As the beach is so big, the tide comes in at speed. On such beaches the only sounds are wind, waves and birds. Heaven on earth indeed, but I am no romantic. This was June with about 20 hours of daylight, not December when it is dark most of the time.
The Twelfth Century walrus ivory Uig chessmen were found hidden in a small stone structure near Ardroil on Camas Uig. They were probably produced in a workshop in Trondheim, Norway. In 1831 a local man discovered the hoard. Most were bought by the British Museum . This modern likeness of the king piece is near where they were found.
The view from our first B&B on Lewis, Clearview, Ballalan where Mrs Mackay welcomed us with tea and homemade cake. We later found out she had won third prize for her hospitality in the tourist board ratings of all B&Bs in the Hebrides. This was our best Hebridean B&B view. This is Loch Erisort and the hills of North Harris.
In 1994, a cairn commemorating the Deer Raid of 1887 was erected. I think it is more broch than cairn. It commemorates the men tried under the riot act for taking deer from land from which families were evicted for a rich man's sporting estate. The heroes were acquitted. The history of the Hebrides and the Clearances is a terrible story of inhumanity. Families were burned out to provide land for sheep and then for sport, deer forests. Sometimes even personal possessions like the looms for weaving were burned with the houses. Many were forced to emigrate to Canada, Australia or New Zealand, sometimes in disease ridden ships.
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