Superb Four Star rated
Bed & Breakfast
with ensuite facilities &
delicious home cooking

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in Highland & Islands
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'Am Baile' is a comfortable, tastefully furnished and decorated, Twin Room with superb en-suite facilities

An adjacent lockable toilet and shower space is self-contained within the bedroom for added privacy
     
Fresh towels and soap are provided in all rooms

For the further comfort of guests, each bedroom has a television and a kettle for making tea and coffee
 
 
HISTORY FILE:
'Am baile' is Gaelic for 'the village', which the nearby township of Habost was affectionately called by its residents.  Habost is one of the oldest inhabited townships in northern Lewis and was traditionally the home of the 'Brieves' - clan judges.

A document dated 1878 states: "The chief of the Clan Morrison, whose dwelling was at Habost, Ness, was hereditary judge or brieve (Breitheamh) of Lewis, and continued to hold the office till the beginning of the seventeenth century." 
An earlier record, quoted in the 1878 document, states:  "The Brieve is a kind of judge amongst the ilanders , who hath an absolute judicatorie, vnto whose authoritie and censure they willinglie submitt themselves, when he determineth any debateable question betuein partie and partie [sic]"