Garafad
Garafad or Garafad, is a linear crofting settlement on the east coast of the Trotternish Peninsula of Skye in the Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. It is part of Staffin, and lies 14 miles north of Portree.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Kilmuir on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “An Gàrradh Fada” and “Garrafad”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Steinscholl Mill and Loch Mealt.
Loch Mealt
Lake
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch Mealt is an inland fresh-water loch on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It lies close to Ellishadder and south of Staffin, on the eastern side of the Trotternish peninsula. Loch Mealt is situated 2 miles southeast of Garafad.
Dun Grianan,broch on N shore of Loch Mealt
Archaeological site
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dun Grianan,broch on N shore of Loch Mealt is an archaeological site, which is situated 2 miles southeast of Garafad.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Staffin and Stenscholl.
Staffin
Village
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Staffin is a township with the Gaelic name An Taobh Sear, which translates as "the East Side", on the northeast coast of the Trotternish peninsula on the Isle of Skye.
Garafad
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.6307° or 57° 37′ 51″ northLongitude
-6.20592° or 6° 12′ 21″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Open location code
9C9MJQJV+7JOpenStreetMap ID
node 1001231650OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Garafad” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Garafad”
- Dutch: “Garafad”
- Irish: “An Garadh Fada”
- Irish: “An Garradh Fada”
- Irish: “An Gàrradh Fada”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Garadh Fada”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Gàrradh Fada”
- “An Gàrradh Fada”
- “Garafad”
- “Garafad - An Gàrradh Fada”
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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 “Garafad”. Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.