Barvas

Barvas (Scottish Gaelic: Barabhas or Barbhas)[1] is a settlement, community and civil parish on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland.[2]

A photo of Bun-Sgoil Bharabhais Barvas Primary School

Barvas
  • Scottish Gaelic: Barabhas, Barbhas

Barabhas Uarach Upper Barvas
Barvas
Location within the Outer Hebrides
LanguageScottish Gaelic
English
OS grid referenceNB360499
Civil parish
  • Barvas
Council area
  • Na h-Eileanan Siar
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townISLE OF LEWIS
Postcode districtHS2
Dialling code01851
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament

Rev Allan MacArthur was minister of the Free Church in Barvas 1857 to 1887.[3]

It developed around a road junction. The A857 and A858 meet at the southern end of Barvas.[4] 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.[5]

In the early 2000s, controversy hit the area as one of Europe's largest windfarms was planned for Barvas Moor. The Scottish Government rejected the proposals in early 2008.[6]

References
  1. "Scottish Parliament: Placenames collected by Iain Mac an Tailleir" (PDF).
  2. "Parish of Barvas". ScotlandsPlaces. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
  3. Ewing, William Annals of the Free Church
  4. "A857". Sabre. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  5. "Census shows Gaelic declining in its heartlands". BBC News Online. 15 November 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  6. "Massive wind farm 'turned down'". BBC News Online. 25 January 2008. Retrieved 17 November 2009.


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