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	Lewis chessmen - One Language (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Some historians believe that the Lewis chessmen were hidden (or lost) after some mishap occurred during their transportation from Norway to wealthy Norse settlements on the east coast of Ireland.
		The chessmen were discovered in 1831 in a sand bank at the head of the Bay of Uig on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, one of the Outer Hebrides.
		The chessmen were soon after split up, with 10 being purchased by Kirkpatrick Sharpe and the others (67 chessmen and 14 tablemen) were purchased on behalf of the British Museum.
	www.onelang.com.cob-web.org:8888 /encyclopedia/index.php/Lewis_chessmen (518 words)

	bellairsia : index
		While the book uses the chessmen as a device for frightening the world into peace, in real-life the diminutive kings and pawns were probably used much like we use our modern pieces.
		Lewis is a fairly flat island with many spectacular sandy beaches, a rugged coastline and a landscape that is worth investigating by detouring down all the little roads you find.
		At any point, the treasure within was an assembly of 78 chessmen, probably the finest early chess pieces in the world, carved from morse ivory, the fossil remains of walrus tusks.
	www.bellairsia.com /l/l_lewis_chessmen.html (710 words)

	Lewis chessmen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Lewis chessmen (named after their find-site) belong to some of the few complete medieval chess sets that have survived until today.
		The chessmen are believed to have been made in Norway, perhaps by craftsmen in Trondheim (where similar pieces have been found), sometime during the 12th century.
		The chessmen were discovered prior to 1831 in a sand bank at the head of the Bay of Uig on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lewis_chessmen (658 words)

	Explore the isle of lewis
		The Isles of Lewis and Harris are at the North west corner of the group of Islands known as the Hebrides, or Western Isles.
		The contrast of the ages and cultures is experienced all over the isles of Lewis and Harris (both joined) both in the towns and out in the hills and mountains.
		The people of Lewis are by their nature very welcoming and would like to invite you to their ancient island home.
	www.isle-of-lewis.com (351 words)

	Images of Lewis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Lewis is a fairly flat island with many magnificent sandy beaches, a jagged coastline and a landscape that is worth investigating by detouring down all the small roads you find.
		The tall, thin, almost sharp stones are a formidable sight overlooking the wild moorland of the Isle of Lewis.
		It was here that the Lewis Chessmen were found in 1831.
	www.muirshiel.com /islandtapestry/images_of_lewis.htm (235 words)

	The Lewis Chessmen
		he 11th century Chess pieces (The Lewis Chessmen) made from walrus tusk and found on the beach in the parish of Uig on the Isle of Lewis (Hebrides) and now in the British Museum, were found in 1831 buried in a sandbank in the Isle of Lewis, the largest island of the Outer Hebrides (Scotland).
		arved of walrus ivory, they may have come from Iceland, although recent investigation suggests that the Lewis Chessmen may have originated in Trondheim, the medieval capital city of Norway, and home to the Norsemen during the eleventh and twelfh centuries who were the overlords of the Isle of Lewis.
		It seems that they brought the Chessmen with them from Norway when they voyaged to the island.
	www.chess-poster.com /english/chesmayne/the_lewis_chessmen.htm (356 words)

	Warehouse 23: Hand-Painted Isle of Lewis Chess Set
		The Lewis chessmen are probably the best-known set of medieval chess pieces, and these are hand cast, hand-painted replicas of the best preserved specimens.
		The original Lewis chessmen were discovered on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides (off the coast of Scotland) shortly before 1831.
		The Lewis chessmen are significant as they are the largest collection of secular objects in the Romanesque style, and are an invaluable art treasure.
	www.warehouse23.com /item.cgi?W23-9001 (658 words)

	Red Isle of Lewis Chess Set and Chess Pieces
		These chess pieces are replicas of the originals which were discovered on the Isle of Lewis off the West Coast of Scotland and which are now housed safely and securely in the British Museum of London and in Edinburgh.
		The Isle of Lewis (pronounced Lews) is in the northernmost of the Outer Hebrides - a barren, windswept land of swamps, rocks and peat moss.
		The details of the armor and costume were used by experts at the British Museum to estimate the age of the chessmen to be from the later part of the twelfth Century (1150-1170 AD).
	www.chesscentral.com /sets-pieces-chess/rd-isle-lewis-chess-set.htm (764 words)

	Lewis Chessmen (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Lewis chessmen were discovered on a beach in Uig, Isle of Lewis, in 1831.
		The Lewis chessmen are the only complete chess sets dating from medieval times.
		The Lewis chessmen were found under mysterious circumstances on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, in 1831.
	www.hebridestoyou.com.cob-web.org:8888 /index.php?cat=Lewis_Chessmen&ActinicSID=18175b5... (561 words)

	Isle of Lewis accommodation, transport, sightseeing - Outer Hebrides - Western Isles
		A bridge was built from Lewis to the small island of Great Bernera (Bearnaraigh or Bernera) after the locals threatened to detonate the hillside and make their own causeway.
		Harris and Lewis are covered by several slightly overlapping maps in this series, all produced by the Ordnance Survey which is the official map agency of the UK: Tarbert & Loch Seaforth - West Lewis & North Harris - Stornoway & North Lewis.
		The Galson Farm Bunkhouse at South Galson (Ness) is on a coastal road 10 miles from the Butt of Lewis.
	www.scotland-inverness.co.uk /lewis.htm (6662 words)

	Lewis
		In his booklet, Neil Stratford says that if the Lewis chessmen were to be placed on board, each square would have to be at least 10.3 x 10.3 cm.
		The Lewis Chessmen belong the Scandinavian Romanesque art of the mid XIIth century.
		Neil Stratford, "The Lewis Chessmen and the enigma of the hoard", British Museum Press, 1997.
	history.chess.free.fr /lewis.htm (280 words)

	Uig Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		Uig Beach is perhaps best know as the site where the Lewis Chessmen were found, and a large sculpture is now on view to commemorate this beside the road leading to the beach parking area.
		In circumstances which remain mysterious, the chessmen were unearthed from a stone chamber beneath the dunes behind the beach, some time before 1831 when they were put on display at the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
		They were carved from walrus ivory and whales' teeth and shaped as seated kings and queens; mitred bishops; knights on their mounts; standing castles; and pawns in the shape of obelisks.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /lewis/uig/index.html (549 words)

	Lewis Chessmen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		A hoard of chesspieces was discovered in 1831 on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of northwest Scotland.
		Scholars speculate on the origins of the chessmen and make conclusions about economic and cultural ties among the different peoples of northern Europe during the time the chessmen were crafted and eventually buried.
		Left: Queen and Bishop pieces from the Lewis Chessmen as exhibited at the Museum of Scotland.
	www.usna.edu /Users/humss/bwheeler/lewis_chessmen.html (165 words)

	The Lewis Chessmen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The chess pieces consist of elaborately worked walrus ivory and whales' teeth in the forms of seated kings and queens, mitred bishops, knights on their mounts, standing warders and pawns in the shape of obelisks.
		The Lewis chess pieces form the largest single surviving group of objects from the period that were made purely for recreational purposes.
		Records state that when found, some of the Lewis chessmen were stained red.
	www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk /compass/ixbin/goto?id=OBJ566 (339 words)

	Chess sets.
		One of the most famous chess sets is that composed of the Lewis chessmen.
		Ninety three related pieces are known today of which seventy eight are chessmen, and they are all carved from the ivory of walrus tusks.
		The origin of the Lewis chessmen is also uncertain as various experts have claimed that they were created in one of Iceland, Britain, or Scandinavia.
	www.angelfire.com /nf/chess/sets.html (1410 words)

	chesssets
		This is an exact replica of an authentic 900-year-old Viking chess set, cast directly from the ancient Lewis chessmen on display in the British Museum.
		NorseAmerica's chessmen are true-size reproductions of the 12th-century originals found by a farmer in 1831 on the Isle of Lewis, in the Hebrides, northwest of Scotland.
		The Lewis chessmen were probably made between the years 1100-1130 AD.
	www.norseamerica.com /chesssets/chesssets.html (399 words)

	The Outer Hebrides
		Lewis and Harris are combined like Siamese twins at the northern end of the Western Isles, otherwise known as the Outer Hebrides.
		LEWIS is largely rolling moorland, low-lying hills, and dotted with fresh water lochs in such abundance that from a high vantage point they look like sequins glinting in the sunlight.
		In Lewis, the ruined church of St. Columba at Ui, Point, and the still used St.Moluag’s church at Europie, Ness are well worth visiting.
	www.hebridesholidays.com /lewis.htm (521 words)

	Isle of Skye Gift
		These chess pieces are a reproduction of the Isle of Lewis chessmen.
		In 1831 the sea carried away a substantial sandbank on the shores of the Isle of Lewis and in so doing it uncovered a mysterious building, which had been buried under the sand.
		He promptly ran all the way back to the safety of his croft house only to be confronted by his darling wife, who was made of stronger stuff and soon persuaded him to return to the sandbank and bring the little figurines home.
	www.celtictraditions.com /content/800x600/gifts/chess.htm (248 words)

	Szachy (Lewis) - Katalog Znalezisk Archeologicznych (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		szachy, wyspa Lewis (Isle of Lewis), Hybrydy, Szkocja
		Some of the Lewis chessmen have undergone minor conservation treatments over the years.
		The porous and hygroscopic nature of ivory make it susceptible to the effects of fluctuating humidity: as the humidity level rises an ivory artefact absorbs moisture and swells; as the level falls, absorbed moisture is released and the object shrinks.
	storm.nazwa.pl /wiki/index.php?title=Szachy_(Lewis) (690 words)

	Alibris: Chessmen
		Thuvia, maid of Mars, and The chessmen of Mars.
		The Lewis Chessmen and the Enigma of the Hoard
		Readers will learn the origin and meaning of the symbols used to signify the six chess pieces, including insight into the king's crown, the knight's horse head, and the battlements atop the rook.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/subject/Chessmen (333 words)

	chess history
		The Lewis Chessmen on display in the British Museum, London.
		78 of these chessmen were found by a peasant in a stone chamber on the Island of Lewis in the Northern Hebrides in 1831.
		Replica Lewis chessmen are produced by a number of manufacturers.
	library.thinkquest.org /TQ0313000/Chess/history.html (530 words)

	Chess Sets
		Carved from walrus tusks, the Lewis chessmen have been described as the "greatest chessmen of the European Middle Ages." The group consists of roughly ninety-three pieces.
		Some are still resident in a museum in Lewis and some may well be in private hands and unknown to the curatorial world.
		These chessmen occupy a unique place within the art of eleventh and twelfth century Europe.
	www.scottishamericansociety.org /id11.html (380 words)

	Isle of Lewis Chessmen
		In 1831, on the Isle of Lewis in the in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, a local shepherd found a small chamber of dry-built stone about 15 feet below the top of a sandbank that had been partially washed away by the sea.
		The chessmen discovered within the chamber are probably the most famous in gaming history being the oldest complete set of chessmen ever found.
		Hear/see Tartan TV's Robert Scott tell this fascinating story of culture clash -- resulting in one of Scotland's greatest treasures.
	www.tartan.tv /Web/Site/NewSite/Directory/Heritage/Lewis_Chessmen.asp (86 words)

	LEWIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		This is said to be the most interesting and important of all early chess pieces.
		The pieces were found in 1831 in an underground chamber on the west coast of the isle of Lewis - there are seventy eight pieces, sixty seven of which are in the British Museum and eleven of which are in the National Museum in Edinburgh.
		Their exact origin in unknown - they have been attributed both to Scotland and to Scandinavia but are generally accepted as 12th century.
	www.veghead.com /chess/lewis.html (98 words)

	Learn More About Lewis Chessmen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		There are many unconfirmed stories telling how the Lewis chesspieces were found.
		These range from a local man discovering them in a dry-stone chamber, to dramatic stories involving death-bed confessions of murder and theft from a seaman who was observed jumping ship.
		Since some modern players do not care for "non-standard" chesspieces we have choosen to mold the pieces in "ivory" and dark brown to give them a greater contrast between opposing sides.
	www.historicgames.com /learnmore/lewis.html (264 words)

	Lewis
		Lewis is, in general, the lower lying part of this island, with Harris being more mountainous.
		Historically the island has been a stronghold for the preservation of the Scottish Gaelic language, although the language recently has been dying out, with very few of the island’s younger generation being fluent speakers.
		The districts of Lewis are Ness (Nis), Carloway (Càrlabhagh), Broadbay, Lochs (Na Lochan), Park (A’ Phàirc), Point (An Rubha), Stornoway itself, and Uig.
	www.globalguide.org /index.html?title=Lewis (1023 words)

	Isle of Lewis Chess Set and Chess Pieces
		This Isle of Lewis chess set is a genuine replica of the world famous Isle of Lewis chess pieces on display in the British Museum.
		Because of the direct involvement of the British Museum in developing the molds for these chessmen, this is the closest reproduction of the historic Lewis chessmen available today.
		This set is made from a composite of crushed stone and resin, which makes for the look and feel of stone, while exhibiting the durability of a composite.
	www.chesscentral.com /sets-pieces-chess/isle-lewis-chess-set.htm (623 words)

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