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Lower Breakish (Scottish Gaelic: Breacais Ìosal) is a village on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. [1] Gallery. References External links. for Lower Breakish; This ...
Brackish water, sometimes termed brack water, [1] [2] is water occurring in a natural environment that has more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as seawater.It may result from mixing seawater (salt water) and fresh water together, as in estuaries, or it may occur in brackish fossil aquifers.
Ashaig (Scottish Gaelic: Aiseag, referring to a ferry) is a small township, situated adjacent to Upper Breakish and Lower Breakish near Broadford on the island of Skye, Scotland. For administrative purposes, it lies in the Highland Council area.
Breakish may refer to: Lower Breakish, Isle of Skye, Scotland; Upper Breakish, Isle of Skye, Scotland This page was last edited on 26 July 2008, at 05:27 (UTC). Text ...
Galtrigill (Scottish Gaelic: Galtraigil) is a largely abandoned crofting township on the far north end of the east side of the Duirinish peninsula on the Isle of Skye, and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Writing in the early 18th century, Martin Martin recorded that "this little isle is the most unequal rocky piece of ground to be seen anywhere: there is but very few acres fit for digging, the whole is covered with long heath, erica-baccifera, mertillus, and some mixture of grass; it is reckoned very fruitful in pasturage: most of the rocks ...
Dunanellerich in the western part of the Harlosh peninsula, with Healabhal Bheag beyond Dun Feorlig, overlooking Loch Caroy. Harlosh (Scottish Gaelic: Heàrrlois) is a settlement on the island of Skye off the west coast of Scotland.
The village of Kyleakin is also the site of Castle Moil, a ruined fortress built in the late 15th century.Legend states that there were much older fortifications on the site, and that it was originally built for a Norwegian princess known as 'Saucy Mary' who would charge a toll to any boat using the narrow channel by hanging a chain from the castle to the mainland to prevent unpaid crossings.