Point (Lewis)
Point ( Scottish Gaelic An Rubha ), also known as the Eye Peninsula, is an approximately 11.0 km long peninsula on the Outer Hebridean Isle of Lewis and Harris in Scotland .
Point is connected to the Isle of Lewis by an isthmus ( Scottish Gaelic Am Bràighe ) about a mile long , which is barely 100 meters wide at its narrowest point. The peninsula is about 6.0 km east of the island's capital, Stornoway . Point is one of the few districts in the Outer Hebrides where the population (currently around 2,600 people) is increasing. There are 17 villages and hamlets on Point.
On Point are the medieval Teampull earthworks, the menhir ( English standing stone ) from Garrabost (also called Dursainean or Clach Ghlas) and the destroyed crannogike broch in Loch an Duin, not to be confused with the dun in Loch an Duin on Taransay .
There are two historical landmarks at the east end of the isthmus. The ruins of the Eye Church are all that remains of a building dedicated to Saint Columban . It was one of the largest pre-Reformation churches in the Outer Hebrides. Although the current buildings are medieval, the church is believed to be on the site of the cell of St. Catan, a contemporary of Columbans. This is also the graveyard of 19 of the chiefs of Clan MacLeod von Lewis. There are two memorial plaques on the walls. One depicts a warrior believed to be Roderick Macleod of Macleod, (also called Rory Mor), while the other is dedicated to Margaret, Roderick MacLeod's daughter.
literature
- Anna Ritchie, Graham Ritchie: Scotland. To Oxford Archaeological Guide . Oxford University Press, Oxford 1998, ISBN 0-19-288002-0 , ( Oxford archaeological guides ).
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Coordinates: 58 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ N , 6 ° 12 ′ 30 ″ W.