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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%B8%D1%81_(%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2)" title="Люис (остров) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Люис (остров)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%B2dhas_agus_na_Hearadh" title="Leòdhas agus na Hearadh – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Leòdhas agus na Hearadh" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_i_Harris" title="Lewis i Harris – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Lewis i Harris" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_with_Harris" title="Lewis with Harris – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Lewis with Harris" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_a_Harris" title="Lewis a Harris – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Lewis a Harris" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_and_Harris" title="Lewis and Harris – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Lewis and Harris" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_and_Harris" title="Lewis and Harris – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Lewis and Harris" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewise_saar" title="Lewise saar – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Lewise saar" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%B9%CF%82_%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9_%CE%A7%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%82" title="Λιούις και Χάρις – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Λιούις και Χάρις" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_y_Harris" title="Lewis y Harris – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Lewis y Harris" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_eta_Harris" title="Lewis eta Harris – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Lewis eta Harris" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_et_Harris" title="Lewis et Harris – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Lewis et Harris" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%B2dhas_agus_na_Hearadh" title="Leòdhas agus na Hearadh – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Leòdhas agus na Hearadh" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_e_Harris" title="Lewis e Harris – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Lewis e Harris" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A3%A8%EC%9D%B4%EC%8A%A4%ED%95%B4%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4%EC%84%AC" title="루이스해리스섬 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="루이스해리스섬" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_dan_Harris" title="Lewis dan Harris – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Lewis dan Harris" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_e_Harris" title="Lewis e Harris – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Lewis e Harris" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A1_%D7%95%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A1_(%D7%90%D7%99)" title="לואיס והאריס (אי) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="לואיס והאריס (אי)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8C%D1%8E%D0%B8%D1%81-%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B4-%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81" title="Льюис-энд-Гаррис – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Льюис-энд-Гаррис" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leogus_et_Haraia" title="Leogus et Haraia – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Leogus et Haraia" 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Harris" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_and_Harris" title="Lewis and Harris – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Lewis and Harris" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_and_Harris" title="Lewis and Harris – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Lewis and Harris" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a 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nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Largest island in Scotland, part of the Outer Hebrides</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Lewis" title="Isle of Lewis">Isle of Lewis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harris,_Outer_Hebrides" title="Harris, Outer Hebrides">Harris, Outer Hebrides</a></div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output 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vcard"><caption class="infobox-title">Lewis and Harris</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic" title="Scottish Gaelic">Scottish Gaelic</a> name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Leòdhas 's Na Hearadh</i></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Scots_language" title="Scots language">Scots</a> name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><span title="Scots-language text"><i lang="sco">Lewis an Harris<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Old_Norse" title="Old Norse">Old Norse</a> name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><span title="Old Norse-language text"><i lang="non">Ljóðhús ok Hérað</i></span></td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;">Meaning of name</th><td class="infobox-data">Old Norse: "Poet's House" + Hérað = "a type of administrative district"</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lewis_and_Harris_by_Sentinel-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="June 2018 satellite photograph of Lewis and Harris"><img alt="June 2018 satellite photograph of Lewis and Harris" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Lewis_and_Harris_by_Sentinel-2.jpg/255px-Lewis_and_Harris_by_Sentinel-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="255" height="357" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Lewis_and_Harris_by_Sentinel-2.jpg/383px-Lewis_and_Harris_by_Sentinel-2.jpg 1.5x, 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Outer_Hebrides_UK_relief_location_map.jpg/510px-Outer_Hebrides_UK_relief_location_map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2001" data-file-height="2632" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:18.421%;left:78.192%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Lewis and Harris"><img alt="Lewis and Harris" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Lewis and Harris</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Lewis and Harris shown within the Outer Hebrides</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion" style="white-space: nowrap"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Lewis_and_Harris&params=58.132535_N_6.690566_W_region:GB_scale:25000&title=Lewis+and+Harris">NB240256</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Lewis_and_Harris&params=58.25_N_6.667_W_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">58°15′00″N</span> <span class="longitude">6°40′01″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">58.25°N 6.667°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">58.25; -6.667</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Physical geography</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;">Island group</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Outer_Hebrides" title="Outer Hebrides">Outer Hebrides</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">217,898 ha (841 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-HS_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;">Area rank</th><td class="infobox-data">1 <sup id="cite_ref-RankNote_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RankNote-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;">Highest elevation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Clisham" title="Clisham">Clisham</a>, 799 m (2,621 ft)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Administration</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Scotland" title="Subdivisions of Scotland">Council area</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Comhairle_nan_Eilean_Siar" title="Comhairle nan Eilean Siar">Comhairle nan Eilean Siar</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;">Sovereign state</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef"><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Scotland" title="Demographics of Scotland">Demographics</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">21,031<sup id="cite_ref-NRS_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;">Population rank</th><td class="infobox-data">1 <sup id="cite_ref-RankNote_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RankNote-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;">Population density</th><td class="infobox-data">9.65/km<sup>2</sup> (25.0/sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-HS_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NRS_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;">Largest settlement</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stornoway" title="Stornoway">Stornoway</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Lymphad"><img alt="Lymphad" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Lymphad3.svg/25px-Lymphad3.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Lymphad3.svg/39px-Lymphad3.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Lymphad3.svg/51px-Lymphad3.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="177" data-file-height="174" /></span></span></th></tr><tr style="font-size:88%"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;">References</th><td class="infobox-data"><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Lewis and Harris</b> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Lang-gd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Lang-gd (page does not exist)">Template:Lang-gd</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Lang-sco&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Lang-sco (page does not exist)">Template:Lang-sco</a>), or <b>Lewis with Harris</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a Scottish island in the <a href="/wiki/Outer_Hebrides" title="Outer Hebrides">Outer Hebrides</a>, around 24 miles (39 km) from the Scottish mainland.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With an area of 841 square miles (2,178 km<sup>2</sup>) (approximately 1% the size of <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a>) it is the largest island in <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_in_the_British_Isles" class="mw-redirect" title="List of islands in the British Isles">third largest</a> in the <a href="/wiki/British_Isles" title="British Isles">British Isles</a>, after Great Britain and <a href="/wiki/Ireland_(island)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ireland (island)">Ireland</a>. </p><p>Despite its name, Lewis and Harris is a single island divided by mountains. The northern two-thirds is called <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Lewis" title="Isle of Lewis">[the Isle of] Lewis</a> and the southern third <a href="/wiki/Harris,_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Harris, Scotland">[the Isle of] Harris</a>; each is referred to as if it were a separate island and there are many cultural and linguistic differences between the two. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2></div> <p>The island does not have a one-word name in either <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> or <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic" title="Scottish Gaelic">Scottish Gaelic</a>, and is referred to as "Lewis and Harris", "Harris and Lewis", "Lewis with Harris", "Harris with Lewis" etc.<sup id="cite_ref-Thompson_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thompson-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rarely used is the collective name of "the Long Island" (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Lang-gd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Lang-gd (page does not exist)">Template:Lang-gd</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-EB_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although that epithet is sometimes applied to the entire archipelago of the <a href="/wiki/Outer_Hebrides" title="Outer Hebrides">Outer Hebrides</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/Uist" title="Uist">Uist</a> group of islands and Barra.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lewis–Harris_boundary"><span id="Lewis.E2.80.93Harris_boundary"></span>Lewis–Harris boundary</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Border_between_Harris_and_Lewis_-_geograph.org.uk_-_474890.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Border_between_Harris_and_Lewis_-_geograph.org.uk_-_474890.jpg/220px-Border_between_Harris_and_Lewis_-_geograph.org.uk_-_474890.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Border_between_Harris_and_Lewis_-_geograph.org.uk_-_474890.jpg/330px-Border_between_Harris_and_Lewis_-_geograph.org.uk_-_474890.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Border_between_Harris_and_Lewis_-_geograph.org.uk_-_474890.jpg/440px-Border_between_Harris_and_Lewis_-_geograph.org.uk_-_474890.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="408" /></a><figcaption>Boundary sign at Ath Linne</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Outerhebrideslewisharris.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Outerhebrideslewisharris.png/220px-Outerhebrideslewisharris.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Outerhebrideslewisharris.png/330px-Outerhebrideslewisharris.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Outerhebrideslewisharris.png/440px-Outerhebrideslewisharris.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1562" /></a><figcaption>Map of the Outer Hebrides with Lewis in red and Harris in blue</figcaption></figure> <p>The boundary between Lewis and Harris runs for about six miles (ten kilometres), where the island narrows between <a href="/wiki/Loch_Resort" title="Loch Resort">Loch Resort</a> (<i><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Loch Reasort</i></span></i>, opposite <a href="/wiki/Scarp,_Scotland" title="Scarp, Scotland">Scarp</a>) on the west and <a href="/wiki/Loch_Seaforth" title="Loch Seaforth">Loch Seaforth</a> (<i><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Loch Shìophoirt</i></span></i>) on the east<sup id="cite_ref-EB_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-roughguide_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roughguide-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is north of the more obvious isthmus at <a href="/wiki/Tarbert,_Harris" title="Tarbert, Harris">Tarbert</a>, which looks as though it should separate North Harris from South Harris but in fact, the North Harris Estate extends much further south.<sup id="cite_ref-roughguide_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roughguide-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Until 1975, Lewis belonged to the county of <a href="/wiki/Ross_and_Cromarty" title="Ross and Cromarty">Ross and Cromarty</a> and Harris to <a href="/wiki/Inverness-shire" title="Inverness-shire">Inverness-shire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EB_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In practical terms, the dividing line is more clear-cut, according to <a href="/wiki/National_Geographic" title="National Geographic">National Geographic</a>. "In a sense, the boundary line runs from Loch Resort in the west to Loch Seaforth in the east. The road between the two dips down past the shoulder of Clisham ... until the A859 hits the coast".<sup id="cite_ref-nationalgeographic.co.uk_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nationalgeographic.co.uk-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The entire island group is now administered by <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd"><a href="/wiki/Comhairle_nan_Eilean_Siar" title="Comhairle nan Eilean Siar">Comhairle nan Eilean Siar</a></i></span>, the Western Isles Council. The boundary was originally between the lands of <a href="/wiki/Clan_MacLeod" title="Clan MacLeod">Clan MacLeod</a> of Harris and <a href="/wiki/Clan_MacLeod_of_Lewis" title="Clan MacLeod of Lewis">Clan MacLeod of Lewis</a>, the latter selling to <a href="/wiki/Colin_Mackenzie,_1st_Earl_of_Seaforth" title="Colin Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Seaforth">Colin Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Seaforth</a>. A dispute over 3,000 hectares (7,400 acres) between Alexander Hume Macleod and <a href="/wiki/Francis_Mackenzie,_1st_Baron_Seaforth" title="Francis Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth">Francis, Lord Seaforth</a> (respective proprietors of Harris and Lewis) led to <a href="/wiki/Court_of_Session" title="Court of Session">Court of Session</a> inquiries in 1805 and 1850 and ended with <a href="/wiki/John_Campbell,_1st_Baron_Campbell" title="John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell">Lord Chief Justice Campbell</a> traversing the boundary on foot.<sup id="cite_ref-Stewart1997_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stewart1997-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As thus determined, it runs southeast from Loch Resort up Clàr Beag to Loch Chleistir, then east along Bealach na h-Uamha to the River Langdale, then northeast through the peaks of Tom Ruisg, Mullach a' Ruisg, and Mullach Bhìogadail, east to Amhuinn a Mhuil, and downstream to where it enters Loch Seaforth at Ath Linne under the <a href="/wiki/A859_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A859 road">A859</a>, the only road connecting Lewis and Harris.<sup id="cite_ref-Stewart1997_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stewart1997-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Seaforth_Island" title="Seaforth Island">Seaforth Island</a> was considered part of both Harris and Lewis; for statistical purposes half its area was assigned to each.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Harris">Harris</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Harris,_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Harris, Scotland">Harris, Scotland</a></div> <p>Most of Harris is very hilly, with more than thirty peaks above 1,000 ft (305 m);<sup id="cite_ref-EB_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the highest peak, <a href="/wiki/Clisham" title="Clisham">Clisham</a>, is a <a href="/wiki/Corbetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Corbetts">Corbett</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is 24 miles (39 km) from the nearest point of the mainland, from which it is separated by <a href="/wiki/The_Minch" title="The Minch">the Minch</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lewis">Lewis</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Lewis" title="Isle of Lewis">Isle of Lewis</a></div> <p>Lewis is comparatively flat, save in the south-east, where Ben More reaches 1,874 ft (571 m), and in the south-west, where <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Mealasbhal</i></span> 1,885 ft (575 m) is the highest point.<sup id="cite_ref-EB_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lewis contains the deepest lake on any offshore island in the British Isles, Loch Suaineabhat, which has a maximum depth of 66.7 m (219 ft) and an overall mean depth of 32 m (105 ft). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nearby_smaller_islands">Nearby smaller islands</h3></div> <p>Other nearby inhabited islands in the Lewis and Harris group are <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd"><a href="/wiki/Great_Bernera" title="Great Bernera">Beàrnaraigh</a></i></span> (Great Bernera) and <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd"><a href="/wiki/Scalpay,_Outer_Hebrides" title="Scalpay, Outer Hebrides">Sgalpaigh</a></i></span> (Scalpay). <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd"><a href="/wiki/Taransay" title="Taransay">Tarasaigh</a></i></span> (Taransay) and <span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd"><a href="/wiki/Scarp,_Scotland" title="Scarp, Scotland">An Sgarp</a></i></span> (Scarp), now uninhabited, are islands close to the shore of Harris. The Western Isles (or Outer Hebrides) also include the islands of North Uist, Benbecula and South Uist (they are three distinct islands but connected by a <a href="/wiki/Causeway" title="Causeway">causeway</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Barra" title="Barra">Barra</a>, just to the south of South Uist. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population">Population</h2></div> <p>Lewis and Harris is the most populous of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Scotland" title="List of islands of Scotland">Scottish islands</a>: It had just over 21,000 residents in 2011,<sup id="cite_ref-NRS_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a rise of 5.6% from the 2001 census total of 19,918.<sup id="cite_ref-GRO_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GRO-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Stornoway" title="Stornoway">Stornoway</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport_links">Transport links</h2></div> <p>Stornoway (<i><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Steòrnabhagh</i></span></i>) has ferry links to <a href="/wiki/Ullapool" title="Ullapool">Ullapool</a> and air services to <a href="/wiki/Benbecula" title="Benbecula">Benbecula</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inverness" title="Inverness">Inverness</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aberdeen" title="Aberdeen">Aberdeen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Airport" title="Glasgow Airport">Glasgow</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>. <i><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">An Tairbeart</i></span></i> (<a href="/wiki/Tarbert,_Outer_Hebrides" class="mw-redirect" title="Tarbert, Outer Hebrides">Tarbert</a>) is the ferry terminal in Harris with connections to <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Skye" title="Isle of Skye">Skye</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Uist" title="North Uist">North Uist</a>. However the main ferry to North Uist uses the terminal at <a href="/wiki/Leverburgh" title="Leverburgh">Leverburgh</a> (An t-Òb). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <p>The lands around Stornoway were probably settled since 6000 BC and there are many monuments which show prehistoric man's presence. A Neolithic burial cairn and some evidence of Bronze Age occupation were found here. The <a href="/wiki/Callanish_Stones" title="Callanish Stones">Callanish Stones</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Loch_R%C3%B2g" title="Loch Ròg">Loch Ròg</a> area were erected roughly 5,000 years ago, thus dating from the late Neolithic or the early <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze Age</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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. In 1607, Stornoway became a burgh of barony. In 1844, Sir James Matheson purchased the Island and built Lews Castle between 1847 and 1857. By 1863, the town had become a police burgh; the last remains of the Old Castle were removed.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The island is the ancestral homeland of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Highlands" title="Scottish Highlands">Highland</a> <a href="/wiki/Clan_MacLeod" title="Clan MacLeod">Clan MacLeod</a>, with those individuals on Harris being referred to as from the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_clan" title="Scottish clan">Clan</a> MacLeod of Harris or MacLeod of MacLeod, and those on Lewis being referred to as from the <a href="/wiki/Clan_MacLeod_of_Lewis" title="Clan MacLeod of Lewis">Clan MacLeod of Lewis</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Lewis is also the ancestral home of <a href="/wiki/Clan_Morrison" title="Clan Morrison">Clan Morrison</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Lewis_chessmen" title="Lewis chessmen">Lewis chessmen</a> is a famous collection of 12th-century chess pieces, carved from walrus ivory and mostly in the form of human figures, which were discovered in <a href="/wiki/Uig,_Lewis" title="Uig, Lewis">Uig</a> in 1831. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lewis-Harris_%22border%22_-_geograph.org.uk_-_452715.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Lewis-Harris_%22border%22_-_geograph.org.uk_-_452715.jpg/220px-Lewis-Harris_%22border%22_-_geograph.org.uk_-_452715.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Lewis-Harris_%22border%22_-_geograph.org.uk_-_452715.jpg/330px-Lewis-Harris_%22border%22_-_geograph.org.uk_-_452715.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Lewis-Harris_%22border%22_-_geograph.org.uk_-_452715.jpg/440px-Lewis-Harris_%22border%22_-_geograph.org.uk_-_452715.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="427" /></a><figcaption>Lewis-Harris boundary sign</figcaption></figure> <p>According to the Scottish government, "tourism is by far and away the mainstay industry" of the Outer Hebrides, "generating £65m in economic value for the islands, sustaining around 1000 jobs" The report adds that the "islands receive 219,000 visitors per year".<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tourism accounted for 10–15% of economic activity on the Outer Hebrides islands in 2017, according to the tourism bureau. The agency states that the "exact split between islands is not possible" when calculating the number of visits, but "the approximate split is Lewis (45%), Uist (25%), Harris (20%), Barra (10%)".<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some visitors to Lewis and Harris are attracted by the beaches, particularly the spectacular <a href="/wiki/Luskentyre" title="Luskentyre">Luskentyre</a>, but also Seilebost, Horgabost, Scarasta and Borve. Others come for the dramatic landscapes of Harris, to experience the Gaelic traditions or the sense of history, for example at <a href="/wiki/Dun_Carloway" title="Dun Carloway">Dun Carloway</a> or the 5,000 year old <a href="/wiki/Callanish_Stones" title="Callanish Stones">Callanish Stones</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nationalgeographic.co.uk_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nationalgeographic.co.uk-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A major industry on the island is the production of <a href="/wiki/Harris_tweed" title="Harris tweed">Harris tweed</a> fabric (<i>Clò Mór</i> or <i>Clò Hearach</i> in Gaelic)<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which is made by hand on the island.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the only commercially produced handwoven tweed in the world. To qualify as Harris tweed, the textile must be "handwoven by the islanders at their homes in the Outer Hebrides, finished in the Outer Hebrides, and made from pure virgin wool dyed and spun in the Outer Hebrides", according to a British Act of Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Approximately 400 islanders were working in this industry as of late 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The textile is popular with celebrities and Royals.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is only one manufacturer of <a href="/wiki/Scotch_whisky" title="Scotch whisky">Scotch whisky</a> and gin in Isle of Harris, namely the Isle of Harris Distillery, which opened in 2019 and was working to produce <i>The Hearach</i> single malt.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Isle of Lewis also has one, <a href="/wiki/Abhainn_Dearg_distillery" title="Abhainn Dearg distillery">Abhainn Dearg distillery</a>, which was built in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Modern commercial activities centre on tourism, <a href="/wiki/Crofting" title="Crofting">crofting</a>, fishing, and weaving (including the manufacture of <a href="/wiki/Harris_tweed" title="Harris tweed">Harris tweed</a>). Crofting (usually defined as small-scale food production) remains popular, with over 920 active crofters, according to a 2020 report: "with crofts ranging in size from as small as a single hectare to having access to thousands of hectares through the medium of community grazing". Crofters can apply for subsidy grants; some of these are intended to help them find other avenues to supplement their incomes.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 2018 report stated that the fishing industry on the island primarily focused on aquaculture – fish farming. A conventional fishery still existed, "composed solely of inshore shellfish vessels targeting prawns, crabs and lobsters around the islands and throughout the Minch". <sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Isle of Lewis website states that Stornoway's "economy is a mix of traditional businesses like fishing, Harris Tweed and farming, with more recent influences like Tourism, the oil industry and commerce". The sheltered harbour has been important for centuries; it was named Steering Bay by <a href="/wiki/Vikings" title="Vikings">Vikings</a>, who often visited it.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A December 2020 report stated that a new deep water terminal was to be developed, the Stornoway Deep Water Terminal, using a £49 million investment. The plan included berths for cruise ships as long as 360 metres, berths for large cargo vessels, and a freight ferry berth.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The UK's largest community-owned wind farm, the 9 MW Beinn Ghrideag, a "3-turbine, 9 MW scheme", is located outside Stornoway and is operated by Point and Sandwick Trust (PST).<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_literature">In literature</h2></div> <p>The Lewis Trilogy of novels (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Blackhouse" title="The Blackhouse">The Blackhouse</a></i>, <i>The Lewis Man</i> and <i>The Chessmen</i>) by <a href="/wiki/Peter_May_(writer)" title="Peter May (writer)">Peter May</a> is set on Lewis and Harris. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output 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Edinburgh: Canongate. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84195-454-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84195-454-7"><bdi>978-1-84195-454-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Scottish+Islands&rft.place=Edinburgh&rft.pub=Canongate&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-1-84195-454-7&rft.aulast=Haswell-Smith&rft.aufirst=Hamish&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.co.uk%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DbXFwKl5gVqwC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALewis+and+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/">Ordnance Survey</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJón_A._HjaltalínGoudie,_G.Anderson,_J._(Ed.)1893" class="citation book cs1">Jón A. 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Edinburgh: Mercat Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-901824-25-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-901824-25-7"><bdi>978-0-901824-25-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Orkneyinga+saga&rft.place=Edinburgh&rft.edition=1981&rft.pub=Mercat+Press&rft.date=1893&rft.isbn=978-0-901824-25-7&rft.au=J%C3%B3n+A.+Hjaltal%C3%ADn&rft.au=Goudie%2C+G.&rft.au=Anderson%2C+J.+%28Ed.%29&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALewis+and+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Webster's New World Pocket Geographical Dictionary</i> (Prentice Hall, 1994), p. 194</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/travel/2020/06/lewis-and-harris-scotlands-outer-hebrides">"A journey through Lewis and Harris, the wild heart of Scotland's Outer Hebrides"</a>. <i>National Geographic</i>. 25 June 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 December</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=National+Geographic&rft.atitle=A+journey+through+Lewis+and+Harris%2C+the+wild+heart+of+Scotland%27s+Outer+Hebrides&rft.date=2020-06-25&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalgeographic.co.uk%2Ftravel%2F2020%2F06%2Flewis-and-harris-scotlands-outer-hebrides&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALewis+and+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Thompson-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Thompson_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThompson,_Francis1968" class="citation book cs1">Thompson, Francis (1968). <i>Harris and Lewis, Outer Hebrides</i>. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7153-4260-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7153-4260-2"><bdi>978-0-7153-4260-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Harris+and+Lewis%2C+Outer+Hebrides&rft.place=Newton+Abbot&rft.pub=David+%26+Charles&rft.date=1968&rft.isbn=978-0-7153-4260-2&rft.au=Thompson%2C+Francis&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALewis+and+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-EB-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-EB_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EB_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EB_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EB_11-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EB_11-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChisholm1911" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Chisholm" title="Hugh Chisholm">Chisholm, Hugh</a>, ed. (1911). <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Lewis-with-Harris"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Lewis-with-Harris">"Lewis-with-Harris" </a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition" title="Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i>. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 525–526.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Lewis-with-Harris&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica&rft.pages=525-526&rft.edition=11th&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1911&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALewis+and+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMurray,_W.H.1966" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/W._H._Murray" title="W. H. Murray">Murray, W.H.</a> (1966). <i>The Hebrides</i>. London: Heinemann. p. 2. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/4998389">4998389</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Hebrides&rft.place=London&rft.pages=2&rft.pub=Heinemann&rft.date=1966&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F4998389&rft.au=Murray%2C+W.H.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALewis+and+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-roughguide-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-roughguide_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-roughguide_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=2NxLDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT447">"The Western Isles; Harris (na Hearadh)"</a>. <i>The Rough Guide to Scottish Highlands & Islands</i>. Rough Guides UK. 2017. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-241-31483-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-241-31483-8"><bdi>978-0-241-31483-8</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 July</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Western+Isles%3B+Harris+%28na+Hearadh%29&rft.btitle=The+Rough+Guide+to+Scottish+Highlands+%26+Islands&rft.pub=Rough+Guides+UK&rft.date=2017&rft.isbn=978-0-241-31483-8&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D2NxLDgAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPT447&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALewis+and+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nationalgeographic.co.uk-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nationalgeographic.co.uk_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nationalgeographic.co.uk_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/travel/2020/06/lewis-and-harris-scotlands-outer-hebrides">|A journey through Lewis and Harris, the wild heart of Scotland's Outer Hebrides |25 June 2020</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Stewart1997-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Stewart1997_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Stewart1997_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAngus1997" class="citation book cs1">Angus, Stewart (1997). <i>The Outer Hebrides: the shaping of the islands</i>. White Horse Press. pp. 215–216. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-874267-33-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-874267-33-1"><bdi>978-1-874267-33-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Outer+Hebrides%3A+the+shaping+of+the+islands&rft.pages=215-216&rft.pub=White+Horse+Press&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=978-1-874267-33-1&rft.aulast=Angus&rft.aufirst=Stewart&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALewis+and+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ceuig.co.uk/on-the-lewis-harris-boundary/">"On the Lewis-Harris Boundary"</a>. Uig Historical Society. 10 April 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 July</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=On+the+Lewis-Harris+Boundary&rft.pub=Uig+Historical+Society&rft.date=2010-04-10&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ceuig.co.uk%2Fon-the-lewis-harris-boundary%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALewis+and+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=13&lat=58.02599&lon=-6.84334&layers=172&b=1">"Ordnance Survey 1920s–1940s 1-inch map"</a>. <i>Map images</i>. National Library of Scotland<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 July</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Map+images&rft.atitle=Ordnance+Survey+1920s%E2%80%931940s+1-inch+map&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmaps.nls.uk%2Fgeo%2Fexplore%2F%23zoom%3D13%26lat%3D58.02599%26lon%3D-6.84334%26layers%3D172%26b%3D1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALewis+and+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHaswell-Smith2004" class="citation book cs1">Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bXFwKl5gVqwC"><i>The Scottish Islands</i></a>. Edinburgh: Canongate. pp. 283–84. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84195-454-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84195-454-7"><bdi>978-1-84195-454-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Scottish+Islands&rft.place=Edinburgh&rft.pages=283-84&rft.pub=Canongate&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-1-84195-454-7&rft.aulast=Haswell-Smith&rft.aufirst=Hamish&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.co.uk%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DbXFwKl5gVqwC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALewis+and+Harris" class="Z3988"></span>; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCooke1879" class="citation book cs1">Cooke, A. C. (1879). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ordnancesurveyof55grea/page/242/mode/1up">"Parish of Harris, Hebrides"</a>. <i>Ordnance Survey of Scotland; Books of reference to the 25 inch parish maps of Scotland</i>. Vol. 55. London: HMSO. p. 12<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 July</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Parish+of+Harris%2C+Hebrides&rft.btitle=Ordnance+Survey+of+Scotland%3B+Books+of+reference+to+the+25+inch+parish+maps+of+Scotland&rft.place=London&rft.pages=12&rft.pub=HMSO&rft.date=1879&rft.aulast=Cooke&rft.aufirst=A.+C.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fordnancesurveyof55grea%2Fpage%2F242%2Fmode%2F1up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALewis+and+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Johnstone <i>et al</i> (1990) pp. 240–43</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GRO-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-GRO_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">General Register Office for Scotland (28 November 2003) <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/census/censushm/occpapers/occasional-paper-10/index.html">Scotland's Census 2001 – Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands</a></i>. Retrieved 26 February 2012. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131202223414/http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/analyser/analyser?topicId=1&tableId=KS01&tableName=Usual+resident+population&selectedTopicId=&aggregated=false&subject=&tableNumber=&selectedLevelId=&postcode=&areaText=&RADIOLAYER=&actionName=view-results&clearAreas=&stateData1=&stateData2=&stateData3=&stateData4=&debug=&tempData1=&tempData2=&tempData3=&tempData4=&areaId=784&levelId=4">"Scrol"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/analyser/analyser?topicId=1&tableId=KS01&tableName=Usual+resident+population&selectedTopicId=&aggregated=false&subject=&tableNumber=&selectedLevelId=&postcode=&areaText=&RADIOLAYER=&actionName=view-results&clearAreas=&stateData1=&stateData2=&stateData3=&stateData4=&debug=&tempData1=&tempData2=&tempData3=&tempData4=&areaId=784&levelId=4">the original</a> on 2 December 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 August</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Scrol&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scrol.gov.uk%2Fscrol%2Fanalyser%2Fanalyser%3FtopicId%3D1%26tableId%3DKS01%26tableName%3DUsual%2Bresident%2Bpopulation%26selectedTopicId%3D%26aggregated%3Dfalse%26subject%3D%26tableNumber%3D%26selectedLevelId%3D%26postcode%3D%26areaText%3D%26RADIOLAYER%3D%26actionName%3Dview-results%26clearAreas%3D%26stateData1%3D%26stateData2%3D%26stateData3%3D%26stateData4%3D%26debug%3D%26tempData1%3D%26tempData2%3D%26tempData3%3D%26tempData4%3D%26areaId%3D784%26levelId%3D4&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALewis+and+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/calanais-standing-stones/">Overview</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/dec/21/callanish-standing-stones-lightning-strike-archaeology-lewis-scotland#:~:text=The%20Callanish%20great%20circle%20is,identified%20as%20possible%20satellite%20circles.">Lucky strike? How lightning inspired builders of Callanish</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.virtualheb.co.uk/stornoway-history-isle-of-lewis-western-isles/#:~:text=It%20is%20thought%20that%20Christianity%20arrived%20on%20Lewis%20in%20the%206th%20century.&text=The%20Norse%20domination%20of%20the,actually%20converted%20to%20Christianity%20themselves.">History</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.scotland.org/live-in-scotland/where-to-live-in-scotland/the-outer-hebrides">The Outer Hebrides</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.visitouterhebrides.co.uk/industry/tourism-in-the-outer-hebrides">Tourism in the Outer Hebrides</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ontheluce.com/isles-of-lewis-and-harris-outer-hebrides/">9 REASONS TO VISIT THE ISLES OF LEWIS AND HARRIS, OUTER HEBRIDES</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/spirit-of-scotland/visit-the-outer-hebrides/">Discover the ancient lore of the Outer Hebrides</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.harristweed.org/journal/word-of-the-week-clo/">"Word of the Week: Clò"</a>. Harris Tweed. 25 March 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 February</span> 2021</span>. <q>Clò Mòr or Clò Hearach (literally Big Cloth or Harris Cloth) is how we refer to Harris Tweed® cloth in Gaelic</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Word+of+the+Week%3A+Cl%C3%B2&rft.pub=Harris+Tweed&rft.date=2020-03-25&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.harristweed.org%2Fjournal%2Fword-of-the-week-clo%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALewis+and+Harris" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130308064228/http://www.harristweed.org/about-us/guardians-of-the-orb.php">"Harris Tweed"</a>. 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title="Stornoway">Stornoway</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adabroc" title="Adabroc">Adabroc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aignish" title="Aignish">Aignish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aird,_Lewis" title="Aird, Lewis">Aird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ardroil" title="Ardroil">Ardroil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnol" title="Arnol">Arnol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baile_an_Truiseil" title="Baile an Truiseil">Baile an Truiseil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balallan" title="Balallan">Balallan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barvas" title="Barvas">Barvas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayble" title="Bayble">Bayble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borrowston,_Lewis" title="Borrowston, Lewis">Borghastan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borsham" title="Borsham">Borsham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borve,_Harris" title="Borve, Harris">Borve, Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borve,_Lewis" title="Borve, Lewis">Borve, Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bragar" title="Bragar">Bragar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Branahuie" title="Branahuie">Branahuie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breaclete" title="Breaclete">Breaclete</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breasclete" title="Breasclete">Breasclete</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breivig" title="Breivig">Breivig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brenish" title="Brenish">Brenish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brue" title="Brue">Brue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabharstadh" title="Cabharstadh">Cabharstadh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calbost" title="Calbost">Calbost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Callanish" title="Callanish">Callanish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carloway" title="Carloway">Carloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coll,_Lewis" title="Coll, Lewis">Coll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross,_Lewis" title="Cross, Lewis">Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eorodale" title="Eorodale">Eorodale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eoropie" title="Eoropie">Eoropie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fivepenny" title="Fivepenny">Fivepenny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flesherin" title="Flesherin">Flesherin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garenin" title="Garenin">Garenin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garrabost" title="Garrabost">Garrabost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gravir" title="Gravir">Gravir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gress" title="Gress">Gress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habost" title="Habost">Habost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holm,_Lewis" title="Holm, Lewis">Holm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hushinish" title="Hushinish">Hushinish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knock,_Isle_of_Lewis" title="Knock, Isle of Lewis">Knock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laxdale" title="Laxdale">Laxdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leurbost" title="Leurbost">Leurbost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leverburgh" title="Leverburgh">Leverburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionel,_Lewis" title="Lionel, Lewis">Lionel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lingarabay" title="Lingarabay">Lingarabay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marybank,_Lewis" title="Marybank, Lewis">Marybank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbost" title="Melbost">Melbost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Tolsta" title="New Tolsta">New Tolsta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newmarket,_Lewis" title="Newmarket, Lewis">Newmarket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newvalley,_Lewis" title="Newvalley, Lewis">Newvalley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Dell" title="North Dell">North Dell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orinsay" title="Orinsay">Orinsay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkend,_Lewis" title="Parkend, Lewis">Parkend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portnaguran" title="Portnaguran">Portnaguran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portvoller" title="Portvoller">Portvoller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A8inigeadal" title="Rèinigeadal">Rèinigeadal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rodel" title="Rodel">Rodel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shawbost" title="Shawbost">Shawbost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skigersta" title="Skigersta">Skigersta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shulishader" title="Shulishader">Shulishader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Dell" title="South Dell">South Dell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Galson" title="South Galson">South Galson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swainbost" title="Swainbost">Swainbost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarbert,_Harris" title="Tarbert, Harris">Tarbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tolsta_Chaolais" title="Tolsta Chaolais">Tolsta Chaolais</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timsgarry" title="Timsgarry">Timsgarry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tong,_Lewis" title="Tong, Lewis">Tong</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Districts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Back,_Lewis" title="Back, Lewis">Back</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ness,_Lewis" title="Ness, Lewis">Ness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Lochs" title="North Lochs">North Lochs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Park,_Lewis" title="Park, Lewis">Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Point,_Lewis" title="Point, Lewis">Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uig,_Lewis" title="Uig, Lewis">Uig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Side,_Lewis" title="West Side, Lewis">West Side</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Geographical features</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Butt_of_Lewis" title="Butt of Lewis">Butt of Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clisham" title="Clisham">Clisham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Minch" title="The Minch">The Minch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eilean_Glas,_Scalpay" title="Eilean Glas, Scalpay">Eilean Glas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Historical sites</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Callanish_Stones" title="Callanish Stones">Callanish Stones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clach_an_Trushal" title="Clach an Trushal">Clach an Trushal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steinacleit" title="Steinacleit">Steinacleit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dun_Carloway" title="Dun Carloway">Dun Carloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%B9n_%C3%88istean" title="Dùn Èistean">Dùn Èistean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lews_Castle" title="Lews Castle">Lews Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Clement%27s_Church,_Rodel" title="St Clement's Church, Rodel">St Clement's Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teampall_Mholuaidh" title="Teampall Mholuaidh">Teampall Mholuaidh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Islands_of_Scotland" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible 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title="Boreray and the Stacs"><img alt="Boreray and the Stacs" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Boreray_and_the_Stacs.jpg/80px-Boreray_and_the_Stacs.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="62" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Boreray_and_the_Stacs.jpg/120px-Boreray_and_the_Stacs.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Boreray_and_the_Stacs.jpg/160px-Boreray_and_the_Stacs.jpg 2x" data-file-width="581" data-file-height="451" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Prehistory" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Prehistory</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_Orkney" title="Prehistoric Orkney">Prehistoric Orkney</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Heart_of_Neolithic_Orkney" title="Heart of Neolithic Orkney">Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site</a>:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maeshowe" title="Maeshowe">Maeshowe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ness_of_Brodgar" title="Ness of Brodgar">Ness of Brodgar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ring_of_Brodgar" title="Ring of Brodgar">Ring of Brodgar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skara_Brae" title="Skara Brae">Skara Brae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standing_Stones_of_Stenness" title="Standing Stones of Stenness">Standing Stones of Stenness</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_Shetland" title="Prehistoric Shetland">Prehistoric Shetland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zenith_of_Iron_Age_Shetland" title="Zenith of Iron Age Shetland">Zenith of Iron Age Shetland</a>:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broch_of_Mousa" title="Broch of Mousa">Broch of Mousa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jarlshof" title="Jarlshof">Jarlshof</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Scatness" title="Old Scatness">Old Scatness</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Prehistoric Western Isles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Callanish_Stones" title="Callanish Stones">Callanish Stones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dun_Carloway" title="Dun Carloway">Dun Carloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rubha_an_D%C3%B9nain" title="Rubha an Dùnain">Rubha an Dùnain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dun_Nosebridge" title="Dun Nosebridge">Dun Nosebridge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="History" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">History</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1l_Riata" title="Dál Riata">Dál Riata</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Columba" title="Columba">Columba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinba" title="Hinba">Hinba</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Isles" title="Kingdom of the Isles">Kingdom of the Isles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scandinavian_Scotland" title="Scandinavian Scotland">Scandinavian Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rulers_of_the_Kingdom_of_the_Isles" class="mw-redirect" title="Rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles">Rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_the_Isles" title="Bishop of the Isles">Bishop of the Isles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lord_of_the_Isles" title="Lord of the Isles">Lordship of the Isles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Perth" title="Treaty of Perth">Treaty of Perth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Westminster_(1462)" title="Treaty of Westminster (1462)">Treaty of Ardtornish-Westminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finlaggan" title="Finlaggan">Finlaggan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Orkney" title="Earl of Orkney">Earldom of Orkney</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buckquoy_spindle-whorl" title="Buckquoy spindle-whorl">Buckquoy spindle-whorl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udal_law" title="Udal law">Udal law</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">18th and 19th Century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Highland_Clearances" title="Highland Clearances">Clearances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacobite_risings" class="mw-redirect" title="Jacobite risings">Jacobite risings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flora_MacDonald" title="Flora MacDonald">Flora MacDonald</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Literature</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Orkneyinga_saga" title="Orkneyinga saga">Orkneyinga Saga</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Description_of_the_Western_Isles_of_Scotland" title="Description of the Western Isles of Scotland">Description of the Western Isles of Scotland</a></i> (Monro)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Martin_Martin" title="Martin Martin">A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland</a></i> (Martin)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Journey_to_the_Western_Islands_of_Scotland" title="A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland">A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland</a></i> (Johnson)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Journal_of_a_Tour_to_the_Hebrides" title="The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides">The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides</a></i> (Boswell)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Etymology" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Etymology</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_island_names" title="Scottish island names">Scottish island names</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Isles#Island_names" title="Northern Isles">Northern Isles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hebrides#Etymology" title="Hebrides">Hebrides</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ainmean-%C3%80ite_na_h-Alba" title="Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba">Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Specific</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Arran#Etymology" title="Isle of Arran">Arran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gigha#Etymology" title="Gigha">Gigha</a></li> <li><a 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class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Shetland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aly_Bain" title="Aly Bain">Aly Bain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Fraser_(singer)" title="Thomas Fraser (singer)">Thomas Fraser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peerie_Willie_Johnson" title="Peerie Willie Johnson">Peerie Willie Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shetland_Amenity_Trust" title="Shetland Amenity Trust">Shetland Amenity Trust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Up_Helly_Aa" title="Up Helly Aa">Up Helly Aa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vagaland" title="Vagaland">Vagaland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Orkney</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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