# Bornish

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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country                          = Scotland
| official_name                    = Bornish
| gaelic_name                      = Bòrnais
| static_image_name                = St Marys Church, Bornish (geograph 2570109).jpg
| static_image_caption             = Saint Mary's Church, Bornish
| population                       =
| language                         = [Scottish Gaelic](/source/Scottish_Gaelic)
| language1                        = [English](/source/English_language)
| os_grid_reference                = NF739298
| coordinates                      = {{coord|57.243|-7.406|display=inline,title}}
| community_scotland               = Bornish
| unitary_scotland                 = [Na h-Eileanan Siar](/source/Na_h-Eileanan_Siar)
| lieutenancy_scotland             = [Western Isles](/source/Outer_Hebrides)
| constituency_scottish_parliament = [Na h-Eileanan an Iar](/source/Na_h-Eileanan_an_Iar_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency))
| constituency_westminster         = [Na h-Eileanan an Iar](/source/Na_h-Eileanan_an_Iar_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
| post_town                        = ISLE OF SOUTH UIST
| postcode_area                    = HS
| postcode_district                = HS8
| dial_code                        = 01878 
}}

'''Bornish'''<ref name=SP1>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/towndetails8706.html|title=Details of Bornish|publisher=Scottish Places|accessdate=27 December 2014}}</ref> ({{langx|gd|Bòrnais}}) is a village and [community council](/source/community_council) area on [South Uist](/source/South_Uist) in the [Outer Hebrides](/source/Outer_Hebrides), Scotland. Bornish is also within the [civil parish](/source/Civil_parishes_in_Scotland) of South Uist.<ref name=SP1 /> The [A865](/source/A865_road_(Great_Britain)) passes through Bornish, on the route between [Lochmaddy](/source/Lochmaddy) and [Lochboisdale](/source/Lochboisdale).{{cn|date=November 2025}}

==History==
The construction of nearby [Dun Vulan broch](/source/Dun_Vulan) has been dated to the period 150–50 BC.  Located on the coast, it was originally {{convert|10|m|ft}} in height, but is now reduced to walls of {{convert|1.52|m|ft}}. A [Pictish](/source/Picts) house was later built within the walls.<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|cat=PLA |num=9825 |num2=NF72NW 1 |desc=South Uist, Bornish, Dun Vulan |access-date=1 July 2025}}</ref>
thumb|Dun Vulan broch

Excavations of a [Norse](/source/Norsemen) settlement nearby have provided important information about lifestyles during this period. It suggests that pigs were a more important aspect of Viking farming than prior to that time, that [red deer](/source/red_deer) numbers may have been "controlled" rather than the species simply being subject to hunting, that [herring](/source/herring) fishing became an important commercial consideration and that trade with centres to the south such as [Dublin Bay](/source/Early_Scandinavian_Dublin) and [Bristol](/source/Bristol) may have been important. Coins found at Bornais and nearby Cille Pheadair were produced in Norway, [Westphalia](/source/Westphalia),  and England, although there were none from Scotland.<ref>Sharples and Smith (2007) pp. 113–14, 119</ref> [Walrus ivory](/source/Walrus_ivory) from the [Norse settlements in Greenland](/source/Norse_settlements_in_Greenland) has also been found there.<ref>Sharples and Smith (2007) p. 120</ref>

It is known that Hebrides were taxed using the [Ounceland](/source/Ounceland) system and evidence from Bornais suggests that settlers there may have been more prosperous than families of a similar status in the [Northern Isles](/source/Northern_Isles), possibly due to a more relaxed political regime.<ref>Sharples and Smith (2007) p. 104, 109, 124</ref>

==References==
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* Sharples, Niall and Smith, Rachel "Norse settlement in the Western Isles" in Woolf, Alex (ed.) (2007) ''Scandinavian Scotland – Twenty Years After''. St Andrews. St Andrews University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-9512573-7-1}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Bornais}}
*{{Historic Environment Scotland|cat=PLA |num=134232 |num2=NF73SW 12 |desc=South Uist, Bornish House}}
*{{Historic Environment Scotland|cat=PLA |num=171962 |num2=NF72NW 38 |desc=South Uist, Bornish, St Mary's Roman Catholic Church |fewer-links=yes}}

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Category:Villages on South Uist

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