![]() The hoard was divided and sold in the 19th century the British Museum holds 82 pieces, and National Museum of Scotland has the other 11 pieces. of National Museums Scotland consider that Mealista ( 58☀6′14″N 7☀6′29″W / 58.104°N 7.108°W / 58.104 -7.108)-which is also in the parish of Uig and some 6 miles (10 km) further south down the coast-is a more likely place for the hoard to have been discovered. Four other major pieces, and many pawns, remain missing from the chess sets. Today, 82 pieces are owned and usually exhibited by the British Museum in London, and the remaining 11 are at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.Īdditionally, a newly identified piece, a "warder", the equivalent of a rook, was sold for £735,000 in July 2019. ![]() When found, the hoard contained 93 objects: 78 chess pieces, 14 tablemen and one belt buckle. ![]() ![]() Discovered in 1831 on Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, they may constitute some of the few complete, surviving medieval chess sets, although it is not clear if a period-accurate set can be assembled from the pieces. The Lewis chessmen ( Scottish Gaelic: Fir-thàilisg Leòdhais ) or Uig chessmen, named after the island or the bay where they were found, are a group of distinctive 12th-century chess pieces, along with other game pieces, most of which are carved from walrus ivory. ![]()
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