The Isle of Lewis and Harris, the largest island in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, has a rich and complex history dating back thousands of years. Archaeological evidence shows human settlement as early as 5000 BCE, with Neolithic sites like the Callanish Stones—an ancient stone circle older than Stonehenge—attesting to its early importance. By the Iron Age, the island was dotted with brochs and crannogs, and later became part of the Norse Kingdom of the Isles after Viking incursions in the 9th centu