Kilmore
Kilmore is a small township on the east coast of the Sleat peninsula of the Isle of Skye, in the Scottish council area of Highland. It lies on the A851 road and is 1⁄4 mile southwest of Ferindonald. Bun-sgoil Shlèite and Sleat Medical Centre are located at the southern end of Kilmore, and the Gaelic college Sabhal Mòr Ostaig is 1⁄2 mile southwest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: John McLuckie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: settlement on the Isle of Skye, in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “A‘ Chill Mhòr” and “Kilmore, Skye”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sleat Primary School and Armadale Castle.
Sleat Primary School
School
Bun-sgoil Shlèite is a primary school on the Sleat peninsula of the island of Skye in Scotland. It is Scotland's only Gaelic Medium School with an English department. It was established in August 2007 though the building originally opened in November 1983.
Armadale Castle
Photo: Wojsyl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Armadale Castle is a ruined country house in Armadale, Skye, former home of the MacDonalds. Armadale Castle is situated 1½ miles southwest of Kilmore.
Knock Castle
Knock Castle, also known as Caisteal Chamuis is a former stronghold of Clan MacLeod of Lewis and later, MacDonalds. It lies on the east coast of Sleat, approximately five miles north of Armadale on the Isle of Skye, south of Cnoc Uaine, on the eastern side of Knock Bay.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ferindonald and Saasaig.
Ferindonald
Village
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ferindonald or Ferrindonald is a crofting township, located on the east coast of the Sleat peninsula, lying on the A851 road, in the Isle of Skye, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Teangue
Village
Photo: Astrid Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Teangue is a fishing village on the Sleat peninsula, Isle of Skye, Highlands of Scotland. It is situated in Knock Bay on the west side of the Sound of Sleat.
Kilmore
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.09415° or 57° 5′ 39″ northLongitude
-5.87102° or 5° 52′ 16″ westElevation
404 feet (123 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB TKVOpen location code
9C9P34VH+MHOpenStreetMap ID
node 394662002OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2645584Wikidata ID
Q13156762
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Kilmore” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Kilmore”
- Irish: “A‘ Chill Mhòr”
- Irish: “A‘ Chille Mhòr”
- Irish: “A’ Chille Mhòr”
- Scottish Gaelic: “A‘ Chill Mhòr”
- Scottish Gaelic: “A‘ Chille Mhòr”
- “A‘ Chill Mhòr”
- “Kilmore - A‘ Chill Mhòr”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kilmore Church of Scotland and Old Kilmore Church.
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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 “Kilmore”. Photo: John McLuckie, CC BY-SA 2.0.