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Bayble () is a village in Point (An Rubha), on the Isle of Lewis, east of Stornoway. Bayble is also within the parish of Stornoway.

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Locality
Pabail Iarach
Region
Alba / Scotland
Country
United Kingdom
Population
0

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Bayble () is a village in Point (An Rubha), on the Isle of Lewis, east of Stornoway. Bayble is also within the parish of Stornoway.

There are around 400 people living in Bayble. It is separated into Upper and Lower Bayble by a burn at the bottom of the valley. Upper Bayble () had a community shop, Murdo's, which has now closed after 44 years of service. Upper Bayble has produced three internationally recognised writers of poetry and prose, Iain Crichton Smith, Derick Thomson and Anne Frater. The former writing predominantly in English and the latter two writing almost exclusively in Gaelic. Lower Bayble () is a seaside crofting township. The village overlooks Bayble Bay (Bàgh Phabail), with Bayble Island (Eilean Phabail) at the south end and Eilean a' Chàise to the north.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bayble” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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