One way clan chiefs showed their independence was preparing their own burial place in their clan lands instead of in the island of Iona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MacLeod of Lewis rebuilt St Columba\u2019s church at Aignis outside Steornabhagh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alasdair Crotach \u2013 the hump-backed \u2013 Chief of the MacLeods of Harris rebuilt St Clement\u2019s Church in 1528 on the site of an earlier religious establishment at Roghadal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was influenced by the architecture of the church in Iona. His tomb inside, carved with religious and secular imagery, was built 19 years before his death in 1547. The tower of the church, with its windows looking out over the Sound of Harris, served much the same security role as the Iron Age dun whose ruins still stand on a nearby hilltop.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One way clan chiefs showed their independence was preparing their own burial place in their clan lands instead of in the island of Iona. MacLeod of Lewis rebuilt St Columba\u2019s church at Aignis outside Steornabhagh. Alasdair Crotach \u2013 the hump-backed \u2013 Chief of the MacLeods of Harris rebuilt St Clement\u2019s Church in 1528 on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11154","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n