Bracadale
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Bracadale from Dun Taimh Looking across Loch Bracadale from the iron age fort above Gesto. | |
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 from the Scottish Gaelic breac and dail, meaning "spotted valley", or "valley of the trout/salmon".
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