Breaclete

Breaclete

infobox UK place
country = Scotland
latitude= 58.22
longitude=-06.85
official_name=Breaclete
gaelic_name=Breacleit
population =
unitary_scotland= Na h-Eileanan Siar
lieutenancy_scotland= Western Isles
constituency_westminster= Na h-Eileanan an Iar
constituency_scottish_parliament= Western Isles
post_town= ISLE OF LEWIS
postcode_district = HS2
postcode_area= HS
dial_code= 01851
os_grid_reference= NB1536

Breaclete (Scottish Gaelic: "Breacleit") is a village on Great Bernera in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

It is home to a small museum, mini-mart & off licence, school, a post office, church, community centre with café, petrol station, fire station and doctor's surgery.

Breaclete was the birthplace of Callum Macdonald, arguably the most important publisher of Scottish poetry of the 21st century.


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