Bracadale
Bracadale
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 Bracadale from Dun Taimh Looking across Loch Bracadale from the iron age fort above Gesto. | |
  Bracadale Location within the Isle of Skye | |
| OS grid reference | NG350385 |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
Bracadale (Scottish Gaelic: Bracadal) is a settlement and parish on the Isle of Skye in Scotland.[1][2] It lies on the west coast of the island, west-south-west of Portree, on Loch Beag, an inlet off Loch Harport. Nearby settlements include Struan to the west and Coillore on the opposite shore of Loch Beag.
The name could derive from the Old Norse for "juniper dale"[3] or "bracken dale"; or indeed from the Scottish Gaelic breac and dail, meaning spotted valley, or valley of the trout/salmon.
References
- ^ Microsoft; Nokia. "Bracadale" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
- ^ "Bracadale". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- ^ no:Einer
See also
- Loch Bracadale
- Alastair Campbell, Lord Bracadale - Scottish judge
Media related to Bracadale at Wikimedia Commons
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