Country: | Scotland |
Official Name: | Brue |
Gaelic Name: | Brù |
Coordinates: | 58.354°N -6.549°W |
Static Image: | Brue road end.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | A view into Brue from the end of the village |
Language: | Scottish Gaelic |
Language1: | English |
Os Grid Reference: | NB339495 |
Civil Parish: | Barvas |
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 |
Brue (Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Brù) is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the West Side district, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It is a crofting township and it is composed of two areas: Am Baile Staigh, which is nearer the coast, and Pàirc Bhrù, which runs towards the moor. In total it covers a road distance of 2.5 km.[1] Brue is situated on a minor road which joins to the A858,[2] and is within the parish of Barvas.[3]
The name Brue is an anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic Brù which in turn comes from an Old Norse word which is believed to have meant bridge; this reflects the centuries of Norsemen occupation and settlement in the Outer Hebrides.[4]
The coastline at Brue is the site of various cairns, including a prehistoric one,[5] [6] [7] and is also near to the site of a blackhouse.[8]