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Carloway ((スコットランド・ゲール語:Càrlabhagh)) is a crofting township and a district on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The district has a population of around 500. Carloway township is within the parish of Uig,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Details of Carloway )〕 and is situated on the A858.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A858 )〕 == The District == Carloway is very attractive for tourism, with many historic sites to see, such as the Garenin Blackhouse Village or Doune Carloway Broch. The Carloway Bridge is said to be one of Scotland's oldest flyovers, being built in the mid-19th century. The bridge crosses the Carloway River and the Pentland Road, which leads to the Carloway Pier and Harbour or to Stornoway the other way. The district of Carloway (after the village of that name) which hitherto had fallen partly within the parishes of Lochs and Uig, became a separate civil registration district in 1859. The district is divided into eight townships: Knock Carloway, Park Carloway, Doune Carloway, Upper Carloway, Garenin, Borrowston, Kirivick and Dalmore. The Estate starts at the cattle grid between Garynahine and Callanish and ends at the Bragar cattle grid, just leaving Shawbost towards Bragar. Carloway has a few historical sites. An Iron Age Broch in Doune Carloway,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lewis, Dun Carloway )〕 a Blackhouse Village in Garenin and many others, including a standing stone called "Clach an Tursa" in Upper Carloway.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lewis, Carloway, Clach An Tursa )〕 Public services include a primary school, a youth hostel, a police station, hotels, restaurants, a newly renovated Harris Tweed mill, a pier, a surgery and day centre, a museum, a community centre, two churches (The Free Church of Scotland and The Church of Scotland), a football pitch, a war memorial and a historical society. Plans for a petrol station and convenience store have been proposed. The district is known throughout the Western Isles for its Agricultural Show and Highland Games, held annually on the first Wednesday of August at the Show Ground, behind Carloway School in the centre. In 2011, the 58th Agricultural Show took place with 2,500 people attending, more than the previous year's attendance. It is the longest running agricultural show and highland games on the island, first held in 1911 and officially the oldest since Beinn-na-Dròbh agricultural show stopped in Stornoway. It is locally known as the island's "Premiere Show". There are three routes that connect Carloway with the main town of Stornoway. The first route is the main road heading north, which passes through Shawbost, Bragar and Barvas, where it splits one way going to Stornoway and another way going to Ness. The second route is the main road heading south which passes through Breasclete, Callanish and Leurbost, which again splits one way to Stornoway and another way to both Balallan and Tarbert, Harris. The third and most popular, faster route from Carloway to Stornoway is the single track Pentland road, which goes to Stornoway straight across the island's Pentland Moor. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carloway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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