The Isle of Lewis is not a separate island from Harris, just divided by a river and in earlier days, owned by a different landowner and had a different form of governance than Harris. We visit a blackhouse village, a broch, and a stone circle.
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| The public toilet in Scalpay village is useful an in a very scenic location |
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| John Finlay at morning feeding time his flock |
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| Sheila Roderick weaves linen and experiments with fabrics containing their Hebridean wool on a Hattersly loom. Fabric Sheila wove can be seen in some costuming from the recent The Hobbit movie. |
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| Sheila's linen fabrics |
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| A peat fire burning in one of the blackhouses at Gearrann village |
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| Gearrannan was inhabited until the 1970's. Now restored, the village has a museum, cafe, youth hostel, and self-catering cottages. |
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| Sharolene between the double layered walls of Dun Carloway broch |
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| Dun Carloway Broch dates back to the Iron Age |
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| Resident archeologist Margaret Curtis has studied the stone circles on Lewis for 40 years |
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| Margaret points out many details on the stones and about the alignment of the stones at Callenish |
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| Callenish Stone Circe |
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