Torrin
Torrin is a settlement on the island of Skye in Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: settlement on the island of Skye in Scotland
- Also known as: “Torran”
Places of Interest
Highlights include High Pasture Cave and Beinn na Caillich.
High Pasture Cave
Cave
Photo: Paul Rose, CC BY-SA 2.0.
High Pasture Cave is an archaeological site on the island of Skye, Scotland. Human presence is documented since the Mesolithic, and remains, including Iron Age structures, point to ritual veneration of either the landscape or deities associated with the place.
Beinn na Caillich
Peak
Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Beinn na Caillich is a mountain with a height of 732 metres, west of Broadford on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. It is one of the Red Hills, or Red Cuillin. There is another Beinn na Caillich at Kyle Rhea on Skye, with an identical height. Beinn na Caillich is situated 2 miles northeast of Torrin.
Loch Cill Chriosd
Lake
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch Cill Chriosd is a lake, which is situated 2 miles east of Torrin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kilbride and Kirkibost.
Kilbride
Hamlet
Photo: A‘ chachaileith, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kilbride (Scottish Gaelic: Cille Bhrìghde, or the Church of Saint Bride) is a small township in Strath Swordale, Isle of Skye, Scotland. The township is situated in a pocket of fertile lime-rich soil, between the Red Hills to the north and Beinn an Dubhaich and the Suidhisnis peninsula to the south.
Kirkibost
Hamlet
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirkibost is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ miles southwest of Torrin.
Kilmarie
Hamlet
Photo: Bryanmackinnon, Public domain.
Kilmarie or Kilmaree, is a village in the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Its most notable feature is the village church and graveyard. The graveyard has a significant number of tombstones from highland clans, in particular Clan MacKinnon. Kilmarie is situated 3 miles southwest of Torrin.
Torrin
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.21304° or 57° 12′ 47″ northLongitude
-6.01244° or 6° 0′ 45″ westElevation
125 feet (38 metres)Open location code
9C9M6X7Q+62OpenStreetMap ID
node 398942370OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Torrin” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Torrin”
- Dutch: “Torrin”
- Irish: “Na Torrain”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Na Torrain”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Na Torran”
- “Na Torrain”
- “Torrin”
- “Torrin - Na Torrain”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Torrin”. Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.