Barvas
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| Language | Scottish Gaelic English |
| OS grid reference | [[[:Template:Ordnance Survey url]] NB360499] |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ISLE OF LEWIS |
| Postcode district | HS2 |
| Dialling code | 01851 |
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| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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Barvas (Scottish Gaelic: Barabhas or Barbhas, Script error: No such module "IPA".)[1] is a settlement, community and civil parish on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland.[2] It developed around a road junction. The A857 and A858 meet at the southern end of Barvas.[citation needed] 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 had the highest concentration of Scottish Gaelic speakers in Scotland (64% of the population) with 2,037.[3] This fell to 55% in 2022.
Prehistory and Archaeology
Investigations since 1978 have found archaeological sites in the area that date from the Early Bronze Age to the Early Modern. Notable discoveries and projects:
- In 1986–7, there was the excavation of a small Bronze Age cemetery, which was inserted into the remains of an earlier Bronze Age building.
- In 1993, Richard Langhorne, curator of Museum nan Eilean in Stornoway, carried out an emergency excavation of a burial, dated to the late Iron Age.
- In the early summer of 1996, GUARD Archaeology excavated a further burial at Rudh a’Bhiogair, again en emergency excavation.
- Detailed surveys in both 1978 and 1999.
- Community excavations between 2000 and 2001 as part of the Barabhas Machair project - found a group of Iron Age ritual structures, including a long cist burial.
- 2001–13 Mark Elliott, conservator at Museum nan Eilean in Stornoway, with help from friends and family, carried out walkover surveys.[4]
History
Rev Allan MacArthur was minister of the Free Church in Barvas 1857 to 1887.[5]
In the early 2000s, one of Europe's largest windfarms was planned for Barvas Moor. The Scottish Government rejected the proposals in early 2008.[6]
Teampall Mhuire
In Barvas is the ruins of Teampall Mhuire (St Mary's Church), currently buried next to the Cladh Mhuire. The exact location is currently unknown as it has been buried by sand. It was last visited by RCAHMS in the 1920s but by the 1960s the OS survey could not locate it. In the 1500s it was one of the four parish churches on Lewis and a letter from the Pope in 1403 mentioned the church so it is at least that old.[7]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Scottish Parliament: Placenames collected by Iain Mac an Tailleir" (PDF).
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Parish of Barvas". ScotlandsPlaces. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Census shows Gaelic declining in its heartlands". BBC News Online. 15 November 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Vol 76 (2018): Barabhas Machair: Surveys of an Eroding Sandscape | Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports". journals.socantscot.org. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ Ewing, William Annals of the Free Church
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Massive wind farm 'turned down'". BBC News Online. 25 January 2008. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Barrowman, Rachel C.; Francoz, Charlotte; Hooper, Janet; Rennie, Christine; Tompsett, Gary (17 February 2020). "Chapel-sites on the Isle of Lewis: Results of the Lewis Coastal Chapel-sites Survey". Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports. 88: 1–134. doi:10.9750/issn.2056-7421.2020.88. ISSN 2056-7421.
External links
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