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Kilmuir
Kilmuir in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 4 h–12 h
About
Kilmuir is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Kilmuir (Scottish Gaelic: Cille Mhoire) is a village on the west coast of the Trotternish peninsula in the north of the island of Skye, and a civil parish covering the north of the peninsula. It is in the Scottish council area of Highland and is the only place in Scotland (apart from the Western Isles) where Scottish Gaelic is spoken by about half of the population. Flora MacDonald, who assisted Bonnie Prince Charlie to escape from Scotland after his defeat at Culloden, is buried here, and fashion designer Alexander McQueen has his headstone here.
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Background
History
Within the parish lies Blàr a' Bhuailte (), the "field of the stricken", where Vikings are said to have made their last stand in Skye near Loch Leum na Luirginn.
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- Coordinates
- 57.6490, -6.3850
Sources
- wikidata: Q15238476 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Kilmuir, Skye (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Kilmuir?
- Kilmuir is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 57.6490°, -6.3850°.