Lewis

Lewis occupies the northern part of the largest island in the Outer Hebrides. Peat moorland stretches across much of its interior, while the great standing stones at Calanais overlook the western coast. The prehistoric circle and its avenues of stones formed a place of ritual long before the island came under the rule of the MacLeods of Lewis. In 1610 James VI granted Lewis to the Mackenzies of Kintail, who established control after a struggle with the MacLeods.