Eishken

(Eisgein, Isginn)
Western Isles

An estate settlement of the Park district of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Eishken (occasionally Isginn, Gael: Eisgein) lies on the north shore of Loch Shell at the centre of the Eishken Estate, 14 miles (23 km) southwest of Stornoway. Once a crofting township, it was cleared for sheep in 1843.


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