If you are a Harry Potter fan, you might remember that one of the movies showed an Isle of Lewis chess set whose pieces moved in response to a player’s voice commands. This feat has been oft ...

Alice Blackwell, senior curator of medieval archaeology and history at NMS, said: “The Lewis chess pieces ... Ireland or the Isle of Man to sell the highly-prized playing sets.

And no chess pieces offer richer insights than the 78 ... some or all of the Chessmen should be returned back to the Isle of Lewis. That's a comparatively modern controversy though.

And no chess pieces offer richer insights than the 78 ... some or all of the Chessmen should be returned back to the Isle of Lewis. That's a comparatively modern controversy though.