Summary: At the beginning of the seventeenth century, a group of Lowlanders from Fife went to Stornoway. They were the Fife Adventurers. They were going to set up a colony in Lewis. They had support from the King, James VI. Neil MacLeod, and other MacLeods, stood against them. The MacLeods destroyed the Fifers’ stronghold. Learn more this in this week’s podcast. Accompanying text is available in both English and Gaelic at bbc.co.uk/litirbheag.
