Bracadale

Human settlement in Scotland

Bracadale

Location within the Isle of Skye

OS grid referenceNG350385Council area

Highland

CountryScotlandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPoliceScotlandFire Scottish AmbulanceScottish

List of places: UK; Scotland

57°21′35″N 6°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.

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".

References

^ Microsoft; Nokia (26 June 2017). "Bracadale" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
^ "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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^ 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.