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Lews Castle, partly boarded up

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Lews Castle, partly boarded up
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A named place photographed at this map point in Na h-Eileanan Siar.
Lews Castle, located on the Isle of Lewis in Na h-Eileanan Siar, was built in the late 19th century by the 2nd Duke of Argyll, primarily as a summer residence. It is remembered for its distinctive Gothic Revival architecture and as a symbol of the influence of the Campbell family in the Western Isles during the Victorian era.

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Photo: Peter Barr · CC BY-SA 2.0