Country: | Scotland |
Official Name: | Borrowston |
Gaelic Name: | Borghastan |
Label Position: | left |
Static Image Name: | Crofts, Borghastan (geograph 2631059).jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Crofts, Borrowston |
Language: | Scottish Gaelic |
Language1: | English |
Os Grid Reference: | NB190424 |
Coordinates: | 58.281°N -6.793°W |
Civil Parish: | Uig |
Unitary Scotland: | Na h-Eileanan Siar |
Lieutenancy Scotland: | Western Isles |
Constituency Scottish Parliament: | Na h-Eileanan an Iar |
Constituency Westminster: | Na h-Eileanan an Iar |
Post Town: | ISLE OF LEWIS |
Postcode Area: | HS |
Postcode District: | HS2 |
Dial Code: | 01851 |
Borrowston[1] (Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Borghastan), with a population of about 50, is a crofting township situated on the Isle of Lewis, on the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It lies at the northern end of Loch Carloway NaNmiles west of Carloway.[2] Borrowston is within the parish of Uig, and is situated near to the A858, which runs through Carloway.[3] The hill Ben Borriston (85abbr=offNaNabbr=off) lies to the west.