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FEATURE (Category: Europe | Great-Britain | summer | water | coasts | scenicdrives | naturereserves | outdoor | hiking)
Great-Britain, Scotland: Lewis, Harris, Barra and the Uists
Great-Britain, Scotland: Lewis, Harris, Barra and the Uists
The Outer Hebrides consist of a 200 km long chain of islands lying off the northwest coast of the Scottish mainland. They receive the full blow of Atlantic gales and their wild mountain scenery and peat bogs perforated by hundreds of small lakes can give the visitor a feeling of desolation. But there are also white beaches stretching for miles, beautiful sea-lochs that cut deep into the coast and numerous archaeological treasures such as the "Stonehenge of Scotland."
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'Watermill on Great Bernera.'
The watermill of Great Bernera (an island off the north coast of Lewis) is around 400 years old and can be found east of the village of Breaclete. The mill receives its energy from water that is channeled out of a lake (outside the picture, to the right) into the sea. The horizontal paddle wheel of the mill is housed in the stone structure beneath the thatched roof. The location of the mill on the shore of a sheltered bay made it easy for the local farmers to bring in their corn over sea by boat. These mills are generally called "Norse", an adjective given in the 19th century when people erroneously thought they were a remnant of the Viking occupation of the Hebrides. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](/img/spacer.gif "Smit & Palarczyk > [BRITAIN.HEBRIDES 27691]
'Watermill on Great Bernera.'
The watermill of Great Bernera (an island off the north coast of Lewis) is around 400 years old and can be found east of the village of Breaclete. The mill receives its energy from water that is channeled out of a lake (outside the picture, to the right) into the sea. The horizontal paddle wheel of the mill is housed in the stone structure beneath the thatched roof. The location of the mill on the shore of a sheltered bay made it easy for the local farmers to bring in their corn over sea by boat. These mills are generally called \"Norse\", an adjective given in the 19th century when people erroneously thought they were a remnant of the Viking occupation of the Hebrides. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
[BRITAIN.HEBRIDES 27691]
'Watermill on Great Bernera.'
The watermill of Great Bernera (an island off the north coast of Lewis) is around 400 years old and can be found east of the village of Breaclete. The mill receives its energy from water that is channeled out of a lake (outside the picture, to the right) into the sea. The horizontal paddle wheel of the mill is housed in the stone structure beneath the thatched roof. The location of the mill on the shore of a sheltered bay made it easy for the local farmers to bring in their corn over sea by boat. These mills are generally called "Norse", an adjective given in the 19th century when people erroneously thought they were a remnant of the Viking occupation of the Hebrides. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
'Watermill on Great Bernera.'
The watermill of Great Bernera (an island off the north coast of Lewis) is around 400 years old and can be found east of the village of Breaclete. The mill receives its energy from water that is channeled out of a lake (outside the picture, to the right) into the sea. The horizontal paddle wheel of the mill is housed in the stone structure beneath the thatched roof. The location of the mill on the shore of a sheltered bay made it easy for the local farmers to bring in their corn over sea by boat. These mills are generally called "Norse", an adjective given in the 19th century when people erroneously thought they were a remnant of the Viking occupation of the Hebrides. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
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'Watermill on Great Bernera.'
The watermill of Great Bernera (an island off the north coast of Lewis) is around 400 years old and can be found east of the village of Breaclete. The mill receives its energy from water that is channeled out of a lake (outside the picture, to the right) into the sea. The horizontal paddle wheel of the mill is housed in the stone structure beneath the thatched roof. The location of the mill on the shore of a sheltered bay made it easy for the local farmers to bring in their corn over sea by boat. These mills are generally called "Norse", an adjective given in the 19th century when people erroneously thought they were a remnant of the Viking occupation of the Hebrides. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
'Watermill on Great Bernera.'
The watermill of Great Bernera (an island off the north coast of Lewis) is around 400 years old and can be found east of the village of Breaclete. The mill receives its energy from water that is channeled out of a lake (outside the picture, to the right) into the sea. The horizontal paddle wheel of the mill is housed in the stone structure beneath the thatched roof. The location of the mill on the shore of a sheltered bay made it easy for the local farmers to bring in their corn over sea by boat. These mills are generally called "Norse", an adjective given in the 19th century when people erroneously thought they were a remnant of the Viking occupation of the Hebrides. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
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