Fivepenny

Human settlement in Scotland

Fivepenny

Location within the Outer Hebrides

LanguageScottish Gaelic
EnglishOS grid referenceNB525646Civil parish

Barvas

Council area

Na h-Eileanan Siar

Lieutenancy area

Western Isles

CountryScotlandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townISLE OF LEWISPostcode districtHS2Dialling code01851PoliceScotlandFire Scottish Ambulance Scottish UK Parliament

Na h-Eileanan an Iar

Scottish Parliament

Na h-Eileanan an Iar

List of places: UK; Scotland

58°30′00″N 6°14′53″W / 58.500°N 6.248°W / 58.500; -6.248

Fivepenny (Scottish Gaelic: Na Còig Peighinnean^[1]) is one of the many villages in the Lewis district of Ness (Nis in Gaelic) and part of the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Fivepenny is within the parish of Barvas,^[2] and is situated on the B8014, between Port of Ness and Eoropie.^[3]

There are two separate places with this name, both in the north-west of Lewis. Furthest north in Ness the full name of the village there is Còig Peighinnean Nis, and in the Borve area further south of the village there is Còig Peighinnean Bhuirgh. Both are known locally as Na Còig Peighinnean, the full name only being used to distinguish one from the other.

Name

The name refers to the fact that it is made up of five pennylands.

References

^ "Còig Peighinnean Nis". Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
^ "Details of Fivepenny". Scottish Places. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
^ "B8014". Sabre. Retrieved 23 December 2014.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fivepenny.

Visitor's guide for the Isle of Lewis
Website of the Western Isles Council with links to other resources
Disabled access to Lewis for residents and visitors
"Lewis-with-Harris" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 525–526.
A Guide to living in the Outer Hebrides, with most information pertaining to Lewis Archived 24 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine