Kilmaluag, Skye

Kilmaluag
Scottish Gaelic: Cill Moluaig

The Main Street through Kilmaluag
Kilmaluag
 Kilmaluag shown within the Isle of Skye
OS grid referenceNG426738
Council areaHighland
Lieutenancy areaRoss and Cromarty
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town PORTREE
Postcode district IV51
Dialling code 01470 552
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK ParliamentRoss, Skye and Lochaber
Scottish ParliamentRoss, Skye and Inverness West
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Coordinates: 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).

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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