Barvas

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Barvas
Gaelic: Barabhas, Barbhas
Ross-shire
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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]

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