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Garenin (Scottish Gaelic: Na Gearrannan) is a crofting township on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Garenin is in the Carloway municipality and has a population of about 80 people. It is also within the parish of Uig.[1] Today, the village is most famous for the "blackhouse village", which consists of nine restored traditional thatched cottages. The village is found at the end of the Garenin road beside the village bay. These houses were lived in until 1974 and were the last group of blackhouses to be inhabited in the Western Isles.[2] Piped water was not available in the village until the 1960s.[2]

Garenin
  • Scottish Gaelic: Na Gearrannan

Garenin Blackhouse Village
Garenin
Location within the Outer Hebrides
LanguageScottish Gaelic
English
OS grid referenceNB192441
Civil parish
  • Uig
Council area
  • Na h-Eileanan Siar
Lieutenancy area
  • Western Isles
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townISLE OF LEWIS
Postcode districtHS2
Dialling code01851
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
  • Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Scottish Parliament
  • Na h-Eileanan an Iar
List of places
UK
Scotland
58.296°N 6.792°W / 58.296; -6.792

In 1989, Urras nan Geàrrannan (The Garenin Trust) was established by the Western Isles Council to restore the houses. Over a decade later, on 5 June 2001, the project was complete and the restored village was opened by Princess Anne.[2]

The village is managed by Gearrannan Village Ltd. There was a youth hostel (opened by Magnus Magnusson on 3 July 1991;[2] managed by The Gatliff Trust), but this closed in May 2011. There are four self-catering cottages, a museum (a blackhouse set in 1955, three years after electricity arrived on the island)[2] and a resource centre; a café and a small gift shop are open in summer.




References


  1. "Details of Garenin". Scottish Places. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  2. Blackhouse Village (Gearrannan Blackhouse Village)The Gazetteer for Scotland, Francis Hindes Groome



На других языках


- [en] Garenin

[ru] Гаренин

Гаренин (англ. Garenin; гэльск. Na Gearrannan) — посёлок, расположенный на острове Льюис. Население составляет около 80 человек. Сегодня эта деревня известна комплексом «Blackhouse Village», который включает в себя 9 восстановленных традиционных шотландских домов.



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