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Author: W. Mackenzie
Year: (1919) 2002
Publisher: Gould Genealogy ebooks

Written by W.C. Mackenzie, and originally published 1919, this work is now available again for all to benefit from the history it records.

This largest of the Hebridean islands saw Norsemen, conflict between MacLeods and MacDonalds, the Fife expedition, Cromwellian conquest, and Jacobite activity. All are here examined, plus much on the Lewis Brochs, the Callernish Stones, and the Isle of Pygmies.

Among the families discussed are MacDonald, MacLeod, Macaulay, Mackenzie, Matheson, Morrison, and Nicholson.

Chapters include: The Norsemen in Lewis, The Old Castle of Stornoway, The MacLeods of Lewis and the Lords of the Isles, The Fife Adventurers, Oliver Cromwell and Lewis, Lewis and the Jacobites, The Callernish Stones and Their Meaning, The Lewis Brochs and Their Builders, and more.

CONTENTS

HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
   The Norsemen in Lewis
   The Old Castle of Stornoway and its Associations
   The MacLeods of Lewis and the Lords of the Isles
   The Fife Adventurers
   The Fishings of Lewis
   Oliver Cromwell and Lewis
   The Cromwellian Forts at Stornoway
   Lewis and the Jacobites
   Ecclesiology and Religion in Lewis
   The Daily Life of the People
PRE HISTORIC LEWIS
   The Callernish Stones and their Meaning
   The Lewis Brochs and their Builders
   The Isle of Pigmies and its Associations
Index

Scanned images of the whole of the original book, bookmarked for easy navigation. Pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.

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