Clan Lewis Last Battle Cairn

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Reference WMO/260846

Address:

west side of Sraid na Loch

Lower Barvas / Barabhas Larach, Isle of Lewis

HS2 0QR

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Cairn
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • 17th Century Wars
About the memorial: Cairn with Highland Targe and Broadsword on top. Metal descriptive plaque on side. Commemorates the traditional site of last clan battle on Lewis. Situated on the Minor road up East side of Loch Mòr Bharabhais from the junction with the A857/A858
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THE LAST LEWIS CLAN BATTLE 1654 / BETWEEN THE MORRISONS OF NESS / AND THE MACAULAYS OF UIG / TOOK PLACE ON THIS COAST. / THE MACAULAYS WERE RETURNING TO UIG / WITH RAIDED MORRISON CATTLE WHEN / CAUGHT IN A BLOODY AFFRAY. / THE SURVIVING MACAULAYS WERE PURSUED / AS FAR AS UIG, WHERE THEIR LEADER / ZACHARY MACAULAY WAS KILLED.

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