Neil and Nelly MacDonald ploughing at Capisdale

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Gazetteer - Sleat Townships

Different spellings for place names are given; those in italic are the Gaelic version. The meaning of the place names is also given –whether Gaelic or Norse. For more information on local place names see our Place names page.


Capisdale

Capisdale Capisdal

This farm was combined with the farm of Tormore in c 1803. Many of the tenants had emigrated to North Carolina. Others, such as the MacSweens, were given crofts elsewhere. A ...

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Isle Ornsay

Isle Ornsay (Ebb-tide island)

There are the remains of a small graveyard at the southen end of the island.

Isle Ornsay Lighthouse is actually on a small neighbouring island called Eilean Sionnach. ...

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Kinloch

Kinloch Kinloch na dal Ceann Loch na Dàlach (the head of the loch of the waiting)

Lord Loudon (a Campbell) and Duncan Forbes of Culloden, both ardent government supporters, took refuge here in ...

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Tokavaig

Tokavaig Tocabhaig (the swelling or boisterous bay, or the bay of the whale)

7 crofts

Dun Scaith, one of the castles in Sleat, is here. According to legend this is where Cuchullin, the Irish hero, ...

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Achnacloich

Achnacloich Achadh na Cloiche (the field of the stone)

14 crofts 

In the mid 18th century the area we now call Achnacloich was joined with the farm now known as Gillen. Together, they were known ...

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