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Tong, schottisch-gälisch Tunga, ist eine Ortschaft auf der schottischen Hebrideninsel Lewis and Harris. [1] Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Lage. 2 Geschichte. 3 Einzelnachweise. 4 Weblinks. Lage. Die Ortschaft liegt auf Lewis, dem Nordteil der Doppelinsel, an der Nordküste der Meeresbucht Broad Bay.
Tong (Scottish Gaelic: Tunga from Old Norse: Tunga) is a village on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, 4 miles (6 kilometres) northeast of the main town of Stornoway on the B895 road to Back and Tolsta. The population of the village is 527 (2001 census). Fishing forms part of the local economy.
11. Mai 2016 · The Tong that “Ruadh” knew, which subsisted largely on fishing, farming and some weaving, was not an especially hospitable place to live. When vast tracts of Lewis were turned into giant sheep ...
- Peter Geoghegan
Mary Anne MacLeod was born in a pebbledashed croft house owned by her father since 1895 in the village of Tong, Lewis, Scotland. Raised in a Scottish Gaelic-speaking household, Mary was the youngest of ten children born to Malcolm MacLeod (1866–1954) and Mary Ann Smith (née Smith; 1867–1963).
The Isle of Lewis (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Leòdhais) or simply Lewis (Scottish Gaelic: Leòdhas, pronounced [ˈʎɔːəs̪] ⓘ) is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides archipelago in Scotland. The two parts are frequently referred to as if they were separate islands. The ...
Stornoway [ˈstɔːrnəweɪ] (schottisch-gälisch Steòrnabhagh) ist der Hauptort der Insel Lewis and Harris und mit 8000 Einwohnern die bedeutendste Ortschaft der Äußeren Hebriden vor der Westküste Schottlands
A lewis (sometimes called a lewisson) is one of a category of lifting devices used by stonemasons to lift large stones into place with a crane, chain block, or winch. It is inserted into a specially prepared hole, or seating, in the top of a stone, preferably above its centre of mass.
