Garrabost
Encyclopedia
Garrabost is a village
in the Point (An Rubha)
peninsula
isthmus
on the east coast of the Isle of Lewis. The village is one of the largest in Point, comprising Upper and Lower Garrabost, and Claypark.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the Point (An Rubha)
Point, Outer Hebrides
Point , also known as the Eye Peninsula, is a peninsula in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, connected to the rest of the Isle of Lewis by a narrow isthmus, one mile in length and barely 100 metres wide...
peninsula
Peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....
isthmus
Isthmus
An isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas usually with waterforms on either side.Canals are often built through isthmuses where they may be particularly advantageous to create a shortcut for marine transportation...
on the east coast of the Isle of Lewis. The village is one of the largest in Point, comprising Upper and Lower Garrabost, and Claypark.