Borve, Barra

Borve (Scottish Gaelic: Borgh) is a village on the west coast of the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

Borve is within the parish of Barra,[1] and is situated on the A888 which is the island's circular main road.

[2] There are a number of neolithic remains nearby, including a burial cairn, and standing stones.

A rich Viking burial was unearthed in the vicinity of Borve at a site called Ardvouray in 1862, the contents of which can be found in the British Museum.

[3] 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.

The cairn at Dun Barpa