Borve ( gd, Borgh) is a village on the west coast of the island of

Barra Barra (; gd, Barraigh or ; sco, Barra) is an island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, and the second southernmost inhabited island there, after the adjacent island of Vatersay to which it is connected by a short causeway. The island is name ...

in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Borve is within the parish of Barra, and is situated on the A888 which is the island's circular main road.

History

There are a number of neolithic remains nearby, including a burial cairn, and standing stones. A rich

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burial was unearthed in the vicinity of Borve at a site called Ardvouray in 1862, the contents of which can be found in the

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.British Museum collection
/ref> The grave included amongst other things a pair of oval brooches, a comb, fragments of a drinking horn, a spear, a pair of shears, a weaving sword and a whetstone.

References

External links

Canmore - Barra, Borve site recordCanmore - Barra, Borve Standing Stones site recordCanmore - Barra, Borve Viking Burial site recordCanmore - Barra, Sligeanach Cairn site recordCanmore - Barra, Dun Borve site record
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