Bayble () is a village in Point (''An Rubha''), on the

Isle of Lewis The Isle of Lewis () or simply Lewis () is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides archipelago in Scotland. The two parts are frequently referred to as if they were separate islands. The t ...

, east of

Stornoway Stornoway (; ) is the main town, and by far the largest, of the Outer Hebrides (or Western Isles), and the capital of Lewis and Harris in Scotland. The town's population is around 6,953, making it the third-largest island town in Scotlan ...

. Bayble is also within the parish of Stornoway. There are around 400 people living in Bayble. It is separated into Upper and Lower Bayble by a

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at the bottom of the valley. Upper Bayble () had a community shop, Murdo's, which has now closed after 44 years of service. Upper Bayble has produced three internationally recognised writers of poetry and prose,

Iain Crichton Smith Iain Crichton Smith, (Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic: ''Iain Mac a' Ghobhainn''; 1 January 1928 – 15 October 1998) was a Scottish people, Scottish poet and novelist, who wrote in both English and Gaelic. He was born in Glasgow, but moved to the Isl ...

Derick Thomson Derick Smith Thomson (Scottish Gaelic: ''Ruaraidh MacThòmais''; 5 August 1921, Stornoway – 21 March 2012, Glasgow) was a Scottish poet, publisher, lexicographer, academic and writer. He was originally from Lewis, but spent much of his life ...

and

Anne Frater Anne Frater (born 1967) is a Scottish poet. She was born in Stornoway ( Steòrnabhagh), in Lewis on the Western Isles (na h-Eileanan Siar). She was brought up in the village of Upper Bayble (Pabail Uarach) in the district of Point, a small commu ...

. The former writing predominantly in

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and the latter two writing almost exclusively in

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. Lower Bayble () is a seaside crofting township. The village overlooks Bayble Bay (''Bàgh Phabail''), with Bayble Island (''Eilean Phabail'') at the south end and Eilean a' Chàise to the north.

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Canmore - Lewis, Lower Bayble site recordCanmore - Lewis, Lower Bayble, Clach Stein site recordCanmore - Lewis, Lower Bayble, Loch An Duin site record
Villages in the Isle of Lewis {{WesternIsles-geo-stub