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Kensaleyre

Coordinates: 57°28′48″N 6°18′04″W / 57.47998°N 6.30102°W / 57.47998; -6.30102
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Kensaleyre
Carn Liath in Kensaleyre. This Carn Liath is one of many features of that name throughout the Scottish highlands. It is a four-metre-high (13 ft) chambered cairn.
Kensaleyre is located in Isle of Skye
Kensaleyre
Kensaleyre
Location within the Isle of Skye
OS grid referenceNG422514
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSnizort
Postcode districtIV51 9
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FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
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Scottish Parliament
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57°28′48″N 6°18′04″W / 57.47998°N 6.30102°W / 57.47998; -6.30102

Kensaleyre (Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Sàil Eighre) is scattered crofting township, part of a group of settlements clustered around the A87 road on the shore of Loch Snizort Beag[1][2] on the Trotternish peninsula of the island of Skye in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. It is in the council area of Highland.

Snizort Parish Church, Kensalyre

References

  1. ^ Microsoft; Nokia. "Kensaleyre" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  2. ^ Gittings, Bruce; Munro, David. "Kensaleyre". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 17 August 2018.