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57°34′06″N 6°10′21″W / 57.56826°N 6.17237°W / 57.56826; -6.17237
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Lealt
Lealt is located in Isle of Skye
Lealt
Lealt
Location within the Isle of Skye
OS grid reference NG505608
Council area
Country Scotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode district IV51 9
Police Scotland
Fire Scottish
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57°34′06″N 6°10′21″W / 57.56826°N 6.17237°W / 57.56826; -6.17237

Lealt ( Scottish Gaelic: An Leathallt) is a crofting township, on the western coastline of the Sound of Raasay on the Trotternish peninsula of Skye, in the Highlands of Scotland and the council area of Highland. [1] The Lealt River which gives its name to Lealt, passes through on the way to the Sound of Raasay.

Ruins of crofts near Lealt, abandoned to make way for sheep

History

The name "Lealt" means "Stream with one high bank". [2]

References

  1. ^ Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons (1907). Parliamentary Papers: 1850-1908. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 50. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Placenames K-O" (PDF). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 13 December 2020.

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