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Image 'The (Lewis) moor is a very rare and special habitat ...equivalent to the African Serengeti or Brazil's tropical rainforest' (RSPB).

  1. Please don't disturb the flora or fauna. Some beaches are great for surfing, but dangerous for swimmers. 
  2. Beware of sea stacks and cliff edges.
  3. Stop, reflect and absorb. Remember to stop! Stop, wherever you are and breath in the air. Take in the sense of  space, the big skies and the silence, as this is when you will be rewarded with glimpses of wildlife and the spirit of Lewis. This is not a place to rush through - look for the beauty in the tiny plants at your feet and look for the drama in the skyscape above you where giant rainbows follow summer showers.
  4. Lewis has been occupied for an eventful nine thousand years. You can see remains from 6,000 year old chambered burial cairns to shielings, some of which are still used today as summer houses. Occupation in the landscape has changed as trees have disappeared, peat has developed and the sea level risen, until now most villages are on the coastline. But walk inland on the peat roads and you will see settlement mounds, paths marked by cairns, and long boundary walls dividing the moor into ancient township grazings.
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