Book : North Minch
and Isle of Lewis
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Museum Nan Eilean, Francis Street, Stornoway HS1 2NF. Tel: 01851
709266. The museum contains displays of objects and photographs
illustrating aspects of the history of Lewis and the town of
Stornoway. Sections are devoted to fishing and maritime history,
domestic life, agriculture and archaeology. On the east coast
of the Isle of Lewis.
Callanais Standing Stones
- Isle of Lewis. The area around Calanais is home to over 20
monuments erected between 3000 and 4000 years ago. Most famous
is a complex arrangement of some 50 stones, at their heart is
a circle of 13 stones between 8 and 13 feet tall, surrounding
the tallest stone on the site, 16 feet high and weighing at about
5.5 tonnes. On the west coast of the Isle of Lewis.
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A regular ferry sails
from Stornoway to Ullapool.
Stornoway Airport
is 2 miles away from the town.
www.calmac.co.uk
www.hial.co.uk
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