Lewis and Harris MacLeod, and those on Lewis being referred to as from the clan MacLeod of Lewis. Lewis is also the ancestral home of Clan Morrison. The Lewis chessmen is a famous collection of 12th-century chess pieces, carved from walrus ivory and mostly in the form of human figures, which were discovered in Uig in 1831. A major industry on the island is the production of Harris tweed fabric, which is handmade on the island; by law only fabric produced in the Outer Hebrides can be called Harris tweed. The Lewis Trilogy of novels ("The Blackhouse", "The Lewis Man" and "The Chessmen")
Lewis & Harris Football Association Lewis & Harris Football Association The Lewis & Harris Football Association is a football association which controls the Lewis & Harris League is the annual football league contested between clubs from Lewis and Harris, an island off Great Britain in Scotland. Like several other northern amateur leagues, the competition takes place in a summer calendar rather than the traditional winter program. Lewis contributes eight clubs to the league and Harris contributes one. The league is fully licensed with the Scottish Amateur Football Association and each club competes in the Highland Amateur Cup annually, with member clubs winning the cup eight