Bracadale
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
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 Bracadale from Dun Taimh Looking across Loch Bracadale from the iron age fort above Gesto. | |
  Bracadale Location within the Isle of Skye | |
| OS grid reference | NG350385 |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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".
See also
- Loch Bracadale
- Alastair Campbell, Lord Bracadale - Scottish judge
- Roderick McLeod (minister) minister suspended in the Bracadale Case. Not to be confused with his namesake who wrote the Statistical Account for Bracadale[4]
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.
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