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'The (Lewis) moor is a very rare and special habitat
...equivalent to the African Serengeti or Brazil's tropical rainforest'
(RSPB).
- Please don't disturb the flora or fauna. Some beaches are great for surfing, but dangerous for swimmers.
- Beware of sea stacks and cliff edges.
- 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.
- 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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