Stornoway
the chief town and seaport of Lewis, the largest of the Outer Hebrides, in the N. E. of the island, at the head of the deep inlet of Loch Stornoway, which is sheltered to the N. by a long, irregular peninsula.
It has several good public buildings, and on an eminence overlooking the town stands Stornoway Castle, a castellated Tudor edifice, long the residence of Sir James Matheson. A Free Church (for services in English) was opened in 1878.
Stornoway is an important fishing station, and it has several saw, carding, and corn mills, etc., and is the seat of an important cattle fair held in July.
STORY Steamers ply regularly between Stornoway and Glasgow, and via Poolewe to Dingwall.