Melbost (Scottish Gaelic: Mealabost) is a traditionally Gaelic-speaking village in Point on the east coast of the Isle of Lewis, in Scotland's north-west. It is largely a crofting township and is about 2+1⁄2 miles (4 kilometres) east of Stornoway at the head of an isthmus connecting with the Eye Peninsula. Melbost is technically in the district of Point; however, it is not located on the Eye Peninsula itself.[citation needed] The RAF Stornoway war memorial is located in the village.[1]
Melbost
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 Loch Bràigh na h-Aoidhe, with Melbost and Stornoway Airport beyond | |
  Melbost Location within the Outer Hebrides | |
| Language | Scottish Gaelic English |
| OS grid reference | NB463327 |
| Civil parish | |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ISLE OF LEWIS |
| Postcode district | HS2 |
| Dialling code | 01851 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
Culture
editThe Gaelic poet Murdo Macfarlane (Scottish Gaelic: Murchadh MacPhàrlain) known as 'Bàrd Mhealaboist' (the Melbost Bard) was a published poet and campaigner for Scottish Gaelic who was born and brought up in Melbost. He is famous for the song Cànan nan Gàidheal.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Lewis, RAF Stornoway Airfield, War Memorial". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
External links
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Resources from Wikiversity
- Visitor's guide for the Isle of Lewis
- Website of the Western Isles Council with links to other resources
- Disabled access to Lewis for residents and visitors
- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 525–526.
- A Guide to living in the Outer Hebrides, with most information pertaining to Lewis
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