All pictures are the copyrights of Glyn Dawson c2009
Outer Hebrides (Isle of Lewis)
Stornoway Town Centre. Usual kind of shops, cafe’s and restaurants. Typical
Callanish Standing Stones looking across to East Loch Roag.
Map of area
Map of area
The excavation of 1857 removed 5 feet of peat and revealed 3 compartments which were the burial chambers.
Stornoway Capital of Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides.
View of Ullapool from the Ferry to the Outer Hebrides. Map of area
Callanish Visitor Centre.
Burial Chamber at the centre of the Standing Stones.
In 1912 it was first suggested that prehistoric man followed the complex movement of the moon through the Standing Stones.
Dun Carloway Broch. The oldest remains in Britain of a prehistoric fort/castle.
View of the inside of what is left of Dun Carloway Broch.
It is believed that the Standing Stones are over 5000 years old and many myths surround them.
Map of area
Map of area
Walking up to Dun Carloway Broch.
Map of area
Map of area
Leaving the Outer Hebrides looking back at Stornoway from the ferry. 2 ½ hours to the mainland (Ullapool).
Crofters Cottage on North Uist (White House)