Callanish and North Lewis

A beautifully scenic tour through West Lewis stopping at three of the Islands remarkable historic sites along the way. The first of which are the Standing Stones at Callanish - rated as the most important Standing Stones in Britain next to Stonehenge. The Stones which are laid out in the form of a cross date from 1500 B.C. and stand like a petrified forest on the top of a peninsula which thrusts into the Loch.

Carloway Broch is one of the best preserved Broch`s in the Hebrides. Brochs were built in Scotland in the first four centuries A.D. to a standard pattern, probably for defensive purposes. This one is 30 feet high at the highest remaining point and is spiralled by interior passages.

Moving on to the Black House of Arnol. Black houses were built as a combined byre, barn and home in the tradition of ancient "long-houses" which have existed in Northern Europe for over a thousand years. Complete with contents and burning peat fire it consists of a but and ben and a byre, all leading off each other with thatched roof and thick walls.