Barvas
Barvas is a settlement, community and civil parish on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland.
Rev Allan MacArthur was minister of the Free Church in Barvas 1857 to 1887.
It developed around a road junction. The A857 and A858 meet at the southern end of Barvas. North is the road to Ness; west takes the traveller to Carloway and the West Side; south runs the road to Stornoway. According to the 2011 Census it still has the highest concentration of Scottish Gaelic speakers in Scotland with 2,037.
In the early 2000s, controversy hit the area as one of Europe's largest windfarms was planned for Barvas Moor. The Scottish Government rejected the proposals in early 2008.
