Bayble
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Bayble is a large village in Point
(An Rubha), on the Isle of Lewis
, 6 miles (10 km) east of the town 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.
Point, Outer Hebrides
Point , also known as the Eye Peninsula, is a peninsula in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, connected to the rest of the Isle of Lewis by a narrow isthmus, one mile in length and barely 100 metres wide...
(An Rubha), on the Isle of Lewis
Lewis
Lewis is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The total area of Lewis is ....
, 6 miles (10 km) east of the town 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
Iain Crichton Smith
Iain Crichton Smith was a Scottish man of letters, writing in both English and Scottish Gaelic, and a prolific author in both languages...
, Derick Thomson
Derick Thomson
Professor Derick S. Thomson MA, BA, Dlitt, FRSE, FBA , known as Ruaraidh MacThòmais in his native Scottish Gaelic, is a Scottish poet, publisher, lexicographer, academic and writer. He is originally from Lewis, but has spent much of his life in Glasgow, where he was Professor of Celtic at the...
and Anne Frater. The former writing predominantly in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
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
Bayble Island
Bayble Island is an uninhabited island off the south coast of the Eye Peninsula of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Bayble Island lies at the southern end of Bayble Bay . It consists of two islands , but these appear as a single island from most directions...
(Eilean Phabail) at the south end and Eilean a' Chàise to the north.