Swainbost

Swainbost
An unnamed lochan at Swainbost
Swainbost is located in Outer Hebrides
Swainbost
Swainbost
Location within the Outer Hebrides
LanguageScottish Gaelic
English
OS grid referenceNB511625
Civil parish
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townISLE OF LEWIS
Postcode districtHS2
Dialling code01851
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FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
List of places
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58°28′48″N 6°16′08″W / 58.480°N 6.269°W / 58.480; -6.269

Swainbost (Scottish Gaelic: Suaineabost) is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the district of Ness, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The name Swainbost meaning Sweins steading is of Viking derivation.[1] The settlement is situated in the parish of Barvas.[2] According to Ronald Black, Swainbost was re-settled during the Highland Clearances in 1842. The island's Anglo-Scottish landlord had expected the crofters evicted from Uig to emigrate and only reluctantly granted them land at Swainbost to avert the threat of violence.[3]

At the shore, there is a large depression called Suaineabost Sands which displays glacier activities and is run through by a river.

Teampull Pheadair

The remains of the church of Saint Peter, Teampull Pheadair, are located north of the settlement.[4] It existed since at least the 1600s and was probably restored and upgraded in 1722 when it became the meeting house for the north part of the Ness parish. In 1795 the church was enlarged and re-roofed but with the building of the new parliamentary church at Cross in the late 1820s the church fell out of use. However, the cemetery continued in use, with the stones from the church being used as grave markers and burials continued even after 1922, when the present Habost graveyard was built. There are many memorial stones to those lost in the Iolaire tragedy of 1919. It is estimated that the graveyard has more than 4,000 graves, but only 114 bear inscribed memorials, the earliest decipherable tombstone is of Alexander Murray from 1857, after the church had fallen out of use.[5]

The site is a scheduled monument.[6]

Teampall Thòmais

Next to Teampull Pheadair are the ruins of Teampall Thòmais, the 'Church of St Thomas'. A local tradition states that the stones from Teampall Thòmais were used to build Teampull Pheadair. A geophysical survey by archaeologists in 2007 found that there were traces of build that was 16m by 8m at Teampall Thòmais. [5]

People

References

  1. ^ "Swainbost". PBWorks. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  2. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Lewis, Swainbost (Site no. NB56SW 23)". Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  3. ^ Ronald Black (1998), An Tuil: Anthology of 20th Century Scottish Gaelic Verse, page 757.
  4. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Lewis, Ness, Teampull Pheadair (Site no. NB56SW 2)". Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  5. ^ a b Barrowman, Rachel C.; Francoz, Charlotte; Hooper, Janet; Rennie, Christine; Tompsett, Gary (17 February 2020). "Chapel-sites on the Isle of Lewis: Results of the Lewis Coastal Chapel-sites Survey". Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports. 88: 1–134. doi:10.9750/issn.2056-7421.2020.88. ISSN 2056-7421.
  6. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Teampull Pheadair, church, Swainbost (Scheduled Monument SM5359)". Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  7. ^ Ronald Black (1998), An Tuil: Anthology of 20th Century Scottish Gaelic Verse, pages 757-758.
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