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
Source: Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Large whalebone arch erected as gateway to a private house; symbolic of an industry in which local men were involved, though this specimen was from a whale washed ashore. Mounted by metal brackets on pair substantial rubble-built piers and braced at the top with a harpoon slung underneath.

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