Shawbost
Sign in to saveShawbost () is a large village in the West Side of the Isle of Lewis. The village of Shawbost has a population of around 500 and lies around west of Lewis's capital Stornoway. Shawbost is within the parish of Barvas. A recent development in the village was the renovation of the old school into the new community centre. The scattered settlement is split into three sections: North Shawbost (), South Shawbost () and New Shawbost (). There is a small museum of folk life and nearby is a small stone circle. The village is overlooked by a small hill named Beinn Bhragair, 261 m high. Shawbost is
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- Locality
- Siabost
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 500
- Image
- Norse Mill and Kiln Shawbost.JPG
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- located in/on physical feature
- Isle of Lewis
- Commons category
- Shawbost
- historic county
- Ross-shire
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Shawbost School
- {{Lang|gd|Ionad Na Seann Sgoil}}
- Shawbost Beach
- Shawbost in film
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Shawbost () is a large village in the West Side of the Isle of Lewis. The village of Shawbost has a population of around 500 and lies around west of Lewis's capital Stornoway. Shawbost is within the parish of Barvas. A recent development in the village was the renovation of the old school into the new community centre. The scattered settlement is split into three sections: North Shawbost (), South Shawbost () and New Shawbost (). There is a small museum of folk life and nearby is a small stone circle. The village is overlooked by a small hill named Beinn Bhragair, 261 m high. Shawbost is a prominent village on the Isle of Lewis, due to the school, community centre, beach and Harris Tweed mill.
In the 2001 United Kingdom Census, 72% of people in Shawbost reported being able to speak Scottish Gaelic.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shawbost” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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