Galtrigill

Galtrigill

Galtrigill

Human settlement in Scotland

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.[1]

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The villages of Borreraig, Uig and Totaig are located directly south. The Stone of Manners (Scottish Gaelic: Clach a Mhodha) lies north of Galtrigill, and is the only one known to exist on the Isle of Skye.[2]

Ruined settlement south of Galltrigill

References

  1. [1]
    Clive Aslet (2011). Villages of Britain: The Five Hundred Villages that Made the Countryside. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 578. ISBN 978-1-4088-1799-5.
  2. [2]
    Otta Swire (2006). Skye: The Island and its Legends. Birlinn. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-85790-971-8.
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