Barvas
| Barvas Gaelic: Barabhas, Barbhas | |
| Ross-shire | |
|---|---|
 Lower Barvas | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NB360499 |
| Location: | 58°21’32"N, 6°30’47"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Isle of Lewis |
| Postcode: | HS2 |
| Dialling code: | 01851 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Na h-Eileanan Siar |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Na h-Eileanan an Iar |
Barvas is a hamlet and parish on the Isle of Lewis, Ross-shire. It lies at the Butt, or north end of Lewis, and is about 50 miles from Loch Ewe and the mainland coast of Ross.
It developed around a road junction: The A857 and A858 roads meet at the southern end of Barvas.[1] North is the road to Ness; west takes the traveller to Carloway and the West Side; south runs the road to Stornoway. According to the 2011 Census it still has the highest concentration of Scottish Gaelic speakers in Scotland (64% of the population) with 2,037.[2]
References
- ↑ "A857". Sabre. http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A857. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ↑ "Census shows Gaelic declining in its heartlands". BBC News Online. 15 November 2013. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-24955839. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Barvas) |
- Canmore - Lewis, Barvas site record
- Canmore - Lewis, Barvas, Cladh Mhuire site record
- Canmore - Barvas, Prehistoric House site record
- Canmore - Barvas, Prehistoric Cairn site record
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