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Old Photograph Gravestone Eye Church Isle Of Lewis Scotland
Old photograph of a gravestone in Eye church, Aignish, Island of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Carved in hornblende schist, this gravestone depicts a knight with pointed helmet, said to be Roderick, 7th Chief of the Macleods of Lewis the last of Macleod chiefs who died around 1498. It is believed that St Catan, a contemporary of Columba, established a cell at Aignish on the island of Lewis. The buildings that stand there now date from the 14th century and from two separate construction phases. The church was dedicated to St Columba and is known variously as St Columba's (Uidh), Eye Church and Eaglais na h-Aoidh. It was used as an Episcopalian church until 1829 when a new Thomas Telford church was built nearby during a time when evangelical Scottish Presbyterianism was sweeping across the islands. The graveyard at Eye Church is the burial place for around nineteen of the Chiefs of the Macleods of Lewis.
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