Elevated general view of whaling stating from SSE Digital image of C 68904

Description Elevated general view of whaling stating from SSE Digital image of C 68904

Date 5/6/1996

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 799703

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of C 68904 CN

Scope and Content Whaling Station, Bunaveneadar, Harris, Western Isles, from south-south-east This is a general view of Bunaveneadar. Across the bay there are several dwelling houses. To the right are some of the remains of the commercial whaling station which first opened here in 1904. One of five such stations in Scotland, they had all closed by 1929, although Bunaveneadar opened for a limited time in the 1950s. At the station the dead whales would have been 'flensed', that is, stripped, of their fatty layer known as blubber. The blubber would have been cut into small pieces and boiled to extract the oil, which was the major product. Lewis and Harris are both parts of the same island, collectively known as 'the Long Island', which is the most northerly in the Outer Hebrides. Together they are about 95km in length and around 32km at the widest point. Most of Lewis is quite low-lying, whereas Harris is mountainous. Bunaveneadar is situated on the west coast of Harris. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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