Whalebone Arch, Bragar, Lewis is a Grade B listed building in the Na h-Eileanan Siar local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 27 February 1978. Arch.

Whalebone Arch, Bragar, Lewis

WRENN ID
floating-render-peregrine
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
27 February 1978
Type
Arch
OS grid reference
NB 291 477
Coordinates
58.33406, -6.62902
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Whalebone Arch in Bragar, Lewis, is a large structure that serves as a gateway to a private house. It symbolizes the whaling industry that local men participated in, although this particular arch is made from a whale that washed ashore. The arch is mounted on a pair of substantial rubble-built piers and is braced at the top with a harpoon that is slung underneath.

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