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.
Human settlement in Scotland
Bracadale
Scottish Gaelic: Bracadal
Bracadale from Dun Taimh Looking across Loch Bracadale from the iron age fort above Gesto.
The name could derive from the Old Norse for "juniper dale"[3] or "bracken dale"; or from the Scottish Gaelicbreac 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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