Barvas, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom


🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Barvas is a settlement, community and civil parish on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland. It developed around a road junction. The A857 and A858 meet at the southern end of Barvas. 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).

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The Isle of Lewis metropolitan area has a population of over 18,500 people.

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  • James Smith Richardson |

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Architect/Woodcarver James Smith Richardson is associated with Barvas. He served in WW1 as an officer in the Royal Scots in Ireland and France.

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