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Chessmen come home to the 'Kingdom of the Isles' for the summer - Local Headlines - Sto... - 1 views

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'Pirates of the Hebridean?' - Connections of the Western Isles to the Wider World, 1590... - 3 views

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Podcast by Dr Aonghas MacCoinnish, University of Glasgow

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Shielings of Uig - 2 views

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  Condition A - good solid walls at full height, possible new roof. B - bit tumbled but still some height, interior shapes C - well tumbled but clearly recognisable D - a mere pile of stones E - just a memory
  
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Stornoway Street Names - 2 views

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A listing of Stornoway streets with the origins of their names

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Comhairle nan Eilean Siar - Western Isles - Sites and Monuments Record - by exeGesIS SDM - 2 views

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I am adding this link to the Advance Search page because I have found it to be particularly useful in that one can restrict searches to aParish or particulat Island and then navigate the drop-down list of site-types, generating a list of such sites in the chosen area.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I am adding this link to the Advance Search page because I have found it to be particularly useful in that one can restrict searches to aParish or particulat Island and then navigate the drop-down list of site-types, generating a list of such sites in the chosen area.</div>

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Scottish Screen Archive - Browse by place - Outer hebrides - 1 views

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91 films relating to the OH from the Scottish Screen Archive

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Tales from a Lewis village - 1 views

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Stories from the community of Dalmore, Lewis as told by a local man

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AddressingHistory | Search - 1 views

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Find people from Edinburgh Directories complete with map & Google Earth links

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OS maps on Google - an extremely useful pilot

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Scotland's Rural Past | Scotland's Rural Past - 1 views

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5-year project ending in 2011 to record lost settlements etc.

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Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn - 1 views

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Galson Trust

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Description of how 5 families Cleared from Lemreway, Pairc, South Lochs, Lewis, in 1843 came to be the first people living here

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Tasglann nan Eilean Siar | The blog of the Hebridean Archive Service.Tasglann nan Eilea... - 3 views

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http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/publications/commissioned_reports/ReportNo212.pdf - 1 views

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Biotop mapping of the Sound of Harris

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NetSurvey » Coastal Survey Images - 1 views

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Sound of Harris (3rd pic from left)

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Detailed image of the seabed for part of the Sound of Harris

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Railways of Lewis & Harris | Isle Ornsay - 1 views

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Fascinating account of railway proposals & projects

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Clothing in the Highlands and Islands in the 19th Century - 1 views

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contains some fabulous images and interesting information

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The Scottish Emigration Blog: Scottish Emigration Reading List, part one - 1 views

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Reading List (Part 1) from this excellent site

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Papers Past - Evening Post - 10 September 1887 - A SCOTCH EVICTION SCANDAL. - 1 views

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Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 62, 10 September 1887, Page 2 - recounting activities of Donald Munro, Chamberlain to Lady Matheson, in evicting the widow of the Miller in Ullapool in 1887

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Chessmen come home to the 'Kingdom of the Isles' for the summer - Local Headlines - Sto... - 1 views

'Pirates of the Hebridean?' - Connections of the Western Isles to the Wider World, 1590... - 3 views

Shielings of Uig - 2 views

Stornoway Street Names - 2 views

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar - Western Isles - Sites and Monuments Record - by exeGesIS SDM - 2 views

Scottish Screen Archive - Browse by place - Outer hebrides - 1 views

Tales from a Lewis village - 1 views

AddressingHistory | Search - 1 views

http://geo.nls.uk/os6inch/google.html - 1 views

Scotland's Rural Past | Scotland's Rural Past - 1 views

Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn - 1 views

glentolsta - 1 views

Tasglann nan Eilean Siar | The blog of the Hebridean Archive Service.Tasglann nan Eilea... - 3 views

http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/publications/commissioned_reports/ReportNo212.pdf - 1 views

NetSurvey » Coastal Survey Images - 1 views

NetSurvey » Sound of Harris survey - 1 views

Railways of Lewis & Harris | Isle Ornsay - 1 views

Clothing in the Highlands and Islands in the 19th Century - 1 views

The Scottish Emigration Blog: Scottish Emigration Reading List, part one - 1 views

Papers Past - Evening Post - 10 September 1887 - A SCOTCH EVICTION SCANDAL. - 1 views

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