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Bracadale from Dun Taimh Looking across Loch Bracadale from the iron age fort above Gesto.
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Bracadale
Location within the Isle of Skye
OS grid reference NG350385
Council area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Scotland
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List of places
UK
Scotland
57°21′35″N6°24′30″W / 57.359625°N 6.408204°W / 57.359625; -6.408204

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.

Bracadale Free Church in Struan Bracadale Free Church.jpg
Bracadale Free Church in Struan

The name could derive from the Old Norse for "juniper dale" [3] or "bracken dale"; or from the Scottish Gaelic breac and dail, meaning "spotted valley", or "valley of the trout/salmon".

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References

  1. Microsoft; Nokia (26 June 2017). "Bracadale" (Map). Bing Maps . Microsoft. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  2. "Bracadale". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
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  4. M'Leod, Roderick (1791). "Parish of Bracadale". The statistical account of Scotland. Drawn up from the communications of the ministers of the different parishes. [electronic resource]. Edinburgh: Printed and sold by William Creech. pp.  245-249.

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