Borreraig

Coordinates: 57°29′02″N 6°41′38″W / 57.484°N 6.694°W / 57.484; -6.694
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Borreraig
Borreraig is located in Isle of Skye
Borreraig
Borreraig
Location within the Isle of Skye
OS grid referenceNG1853
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
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Scotland
57°29′02″N 6°41′38″W / 57.484°N 6.694°W / 57.484; -6.694

Borreraig (Scottish Gaelic: Boraraig) is a crofting settlement in Duirinish, north-west of Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye. The ancient and famous MacCrimmon Piping Heritage Centre is based in the village, where the chiefs of the Highlands sent their young pipers for training.[1]

The old school at Borreraig, formerly home to the MacCrimmon Piping Heritage Centre

References

  1. ^ Clive Aslet (15 August 2011). Villages of Britain: The Five Hundred Villages that Made the Countryside. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 836. ISBN 978-1-60819-672-2. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
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