Fivepenny
Appearance
Fivepenny
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![]() The B8014, through Fivepenny | |
Location within the Outer Hebrides | |
Language | Scottish Gaelic English |
OS grid reference | NB525646 |
Civil parish | |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy 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 | |
Fivepenny (Scottish Gaelic: Na Còig Peighinnean[1]) is one of the many villages in the Lewis district of Ness (Nis in Gaelic) and part of the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Fivepenny is within the parish of Barvas,[2] and is situated on the B8014, between Port of Ness and Eoropie.[3]
There are two separate places with this name, both in the north-west of Lewis. Furthest north in Ness the full name of the village there is Còig Peighinnean Nis, and in the Borve area further south of the village there is Còig Peighinnean Bhuirgh. Both are known locally as Na Còig Peighinnean, the full name only being used to distinguish one from the other.
Name
[edit]The name refers to the fact that it is made up of five pennylands.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Còig Peighinnean Nis". Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ "Details of Fivepenny". Scottish Places. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ "B8014". Sabre. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fivepenny.
- 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 Archived 24 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine