page_title: Lewis and Harris
section_title: Lewis–Harris boundary
hierarchical_section_title: Lewis and Harris / Geography / Lewis–Harris boundary
caption_attribution_description: English: Harris, the southern part of the Lewis and Harris island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
context_page_description: Lewis and Harris is a Scottish island in the Outer Hebrides. It is the largest island in Scotland and the third largest in Britain and Ireland, after Great Britain and the island of Ireland. The northern two-thirds is called Lewis and the southern third Harris, higher; both are frequently referred to as if they were separate.
context_section_description: The boundary between Lewis and Harris runs for about 6 miles (9.7 km) where the island narrows between Loch Resort (Loch Reasort, opposite Scarp) on the west and Loch Seaforth (Loch Shìophoirt) on the east (This is north of the more obvious isthmus at Tarbert, which separates North Harris from South Harris.) Until 1975, Lewis belonged to the county of Ross and Cromarty and Harris to Inverness-shire. (The entire island group is now administered by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, the Western Isles Council.) The boundary was originally between the lands of Clan MacLeod of Harris and Clan MacLeod of Lewis, the latter selling to Colin Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Seaforth. A dispute over 3,000 hectares (7,400 acres) between Alexander Hume Macleod and Francis, Lord Seaforth (respective proprietors of Harris and Lewis) led to Court of Session inquiries in 1805 and 1850 and ended with Lord Chief Justice Campbell traversing the boundary on foot. As thus determined, it runs southeast from Loch Resort up Clàr Beag to Loch Chleistir, then east along Bealach na h-Uamha to the River Langdale, then northeast through the peaks of Tom Ruisg, Mullach a' Ruisg, and Mullach Bhìogadail, east to Amhuinn a Mhuil, and downstream to where it enters Loch Seaforth at Ath Linne under the A859, the only road connecting Lewis and Harris. Seaforth Island  was considered part of both Harris and Lewis; for statistical purposes half its area was assigned to each.
caption: Harris in red, with Lewis to the north and east
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