The Isle of #Lewis is the northern two-thirds of Lewis and Harris, while the Isle of #Harris is the southern one-third. The Isle of Lewis is usually flatter, though the two sides of the island are actually divided by largely impassable mountains running in an east-west direction. While the area is today part of Na h-Eileanan Siar, or the #WesternIsles #OuterHebrides, the traditional counties had been divided between #Ross and #Cromarty with Lewis and #Inverness with Harris.

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Textile Waste, a mounting problem.

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Superb Kisimul Castle, on its own small island off the village of Castlebay on the Isle of Barra in the Western Isles. Its origins probably date back a thousand years and part of it may be an even earlier chapel built by St Cieran. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/barra/kisimulcastle/index.html

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Scotland has some great coastal scenery, but it's seldom more idyllic than at Luskentyre and Seilebost on Harris in the Western Isles. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/harris/luskentyre/index.html

#Scotland #Luskentyre #Seilebost #Beach #WesternIsles #Harris

The north harbour on the island of Scalpay, an island connected since 1997 by a bridge over the 300-metre-wide Sound of Scalpay to Harris in the Western Isles. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/scalpay/scalpay/index.html

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Inside the unique and beautiful St Moluag's Church in the village of Eoropie at the north end of the Isle of Lewis in the Western Isles. It is believed to stand on the site of a chapel built in the 560s.

#Scotland #StMoluagsChurch #Church #Eoropie #Lewis #WesternIsles

Castlebay, the main village on the beautiful island of Barra near the southern end of the Western Isles, seen from the boat that takes visitors to Kisimul Castle, standing on its rocky island in the bay. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/barra/barra/index.html

#Scotland #Castlebay #Barra #WesternIsles

The highly distinctive scenery of Harris in the Western Isles, seen from the road that runs south-east from Tarbert to the island of Scalpay. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/harris/harris/index.html

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The 30ft high statue of Our Lady of the Isles, offering magnificent views over South Uist in the Western Isles. The statue was the work of the sculptor Hew Lorimer and erected in 1957. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/southuist/geirinis/index.html

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