Old Photograph Hotel Shieldenish Isle of Lewis Outer Hebrides Scotland


Old photograph of the hotel in Shieldenish on the island of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Shieldinish is a small settlement which lies close to the head of Loch Erisort, opposite Balallan. It was cleared and then later resettled in 1886 with most of the tenants coming from Balallan. From Old Norse ' sild ' herring and ' nis ' point; the point is the prominent peninsula.



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