Dam_01
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I've recently returned from Harris on the Isle of Lewis.
These two places were very close to where we were staying and hopefully are worth posting about.
One was a makeshift church created out of basically a small barn or sheep shed which has now lapsed back into same.
The other is a small house which is collapsing in on itself.
I'm afraid I only have one external of the 'church' looking down from the house itself.
I hadn't intended on posting a report (!) as such as I've only found this forum since I've returned.
My first post so apologies in advance for any etiquette lapses.
Update.
I've done a little digging and found some details on the 'chapel' .
It appears on the os maps from 1876 and was originally a mill and is apparently somewhat unique for the area and time for the size of it and the fact that there is no road in the area until a number of decades later on.
Census records show that one of the MacAulay family (recorded as millers) lived in the area in 1861 so it's possible it's older than 1876.
It's the only recorded mill on Harris and was converted into a Free Presbyterian*church probably someone in the 50's and last used likely 1980.
The old gate posts at the house and the 'church' in the distance down the hill.
And some shots through the windows of the house. The roof was extremely precarious so as much as I desperately wanted to look closer, common sense prevailed.
These two places were very close to where we were staying and hopefully are worth posting about.
One was a makeshift church created out of basically a small barn or sheep shed which has now lapsed back into same.
The other is a small house which is collapsing in on itself.
I'm afraid I only have one external of the 'church' looking down from the house itself.
I hadn't intended on posting a report (!) as such as I've only found this forum since I've returned.
My first post so apologies in advance for any etiquette lapses.
Update.
I've done a little digging and found some details on the 'chapel' .
It appears on the os maps from 1876 and was originally a mill and is apparently somewhat unique for the area and time for the size of it and the fact that there is no road in the area until a number of decades later on.
Census records show that one of the MacAulay family (recorded as millers) lived in the area in 1861 so it's possible it's older than 1876.
It's the only recorded mill on Harris and was converted into a Free Presbyterian*church probably someone in the 50's and last used likely 1980.
The old gate posts at the house and the 'church' in the distance down the hill.
And some shots through the windows of the house. The roof was extremely precarious so as much as I desperately wanted to look closer, common sense prevailed.
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