Borve
Borve is a village in Harris in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Borve is also within the parish of Harris, and is on the A859.Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village on Harris, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Borve, Harris”
Places of Interest
Highlights include MacLeod’s Stone.
MacLeod’s Stone
Archaeological site
Photo: David Crocker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
MacLeod’s Stone is an archaeological site, which is situated 1½ miles north of Borve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scarista and Luskentyre.
Scarista
Village
Photo: Nicholas Mutton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scarista is a village, which is situated 2 miles southwest of Borve.
Luskentyre
Village
Photo: Peter Moore, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Luskentyre is a sparse settlement on the west coast of Harris, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Luskentyre is situated within the parish of Harris. The name Luskentyre derives from Lios-cinn-tir, meaning 'headland fort', although there is no trace or local knowledge of a fort at the headland. Luskentyre is situated 4 miles northeast of Borve.
Leverburgh
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Leverburgh is the main village in the southern part of Harris in the Outer Hebrides, with a population of about 200. The main road A859 follows the west coast, running from Tarbert through Seilebost, Borve, Scarista and Northton to Leverburgh, continuing south to Rodel.
Borve
- Category: locality
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.84228° or 57° 50′ 32″ northLongitude
-7.00661° or 7° 0′ 24″ westOpen location code
9C9JRXRV+W9OpenStreetMap ID
node 4205179889OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q4946857
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Borve” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Borve”
- Dutch: “Borve, Harris”
- Irish: “Na Buirgh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Borgh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Na Buirgh”
- “Borve”
- “Na Buirgh”
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