Kilmaluag

Human settlement in Scotland
Kilmaluag is located in Isle of Skye
Kilmaluag
Kilmaluag
Location within the Isle of Skye
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  • Ross and Cromarty
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  • Ross, Skye and Lochaber
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  • Ross, Skye and Inverness West
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UK
Scotland
57°40′52″N 6°19′01″W / 57.681°N 6.317°W / 57.681; -6.317

Kilmaluag (Scottish Gaelic: Cill Moluaig, meaning St. Moluag's Cell, Church or Chapel) is a township made up of several small settlements on the most northerly point of the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Kilmaluag is within the parish of Kilmuir.[1]

The settlements within the township include Balmacqueen (Gaelic: Macqueen's Place), Kendram (Gaelic: Head of the Ridge), Connista[2] (Norse: High Farm), Aird (Gaelic: Point or Promontory) and Solitote (Gaelic: Ruin Hill).

The Kilmaluag also gives its name to a Jurassic geological formation, the Kilmaluag Formation. This limestone and sandstone formation is Bathonian in age, and outcrops in the harbour of the village and in several other locations on Skye.

References

  1. ^ "Details of Kilmaluag". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Skye, Conista, Kilmaluag". ScotlandsPlaces. Retrieved 31 December 2012.

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