Unscrupulous factors and ground officers and estate officials laid their hand pretty heavily upon the people, and left them in such a state that they could scarcely ask land and pay for it, their whole stock being taken away ; and some ...
XXXIX - Statement on behalf of Lady Matheson of the Lews XL - Report by John Duthie on fisheries to J. Munro Mackenzie XLI - Statement by William Mackay, chamberlain to the Lews Estate (includes letters from emigrants) ... Castlebay, Barra, 26 May ? Lochboisdale, South Uist, 28 May ?Torlum, Benbecula, 29 May ? Locheport, North Uist, 30 May ? Obe, Harris, 31 May ? St Kilda, 2 June ? Meavaig, Lewis, 4 June ? Breasclete, Lewis, 5 June ? Barvas, Lewis, 6 June ? Ness, Lewis, ...
Castle MacSween in bTorlum/b was built on the sea's edge and is now about 1km from the sea, like Beaumaris in North Wales. The schools at Linaclete and Seilebost will almost certainly be under serious threat in the next 10 years, and my advice has long b.../b This is the land upon which the school at Liniclate was built 20 years and the Dark Island bHotel/b some 10 years before that. The only answer that you can come up with is to abandon these areas and move to higher ground? b.../b
