Eyre
Eyre is a settlement on the eastern shore of Loch Snizort Beag on the northern coast of Skye in Scotland. The two Eyre standing stones are situated next to Loch Eyre. It is said that there was once a third stone here, although there is now no trace.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: hamlet on Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Eighre” and “Eyre, Skye”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dun Cruinn and Kensaleyre Church.
Dun Cruinn
Archaeological site
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dun Cruinn is a prehistoric site about 10 kilometres north-west of Portree, on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. It is on the Skerinish Peninsula, between Loch Snizort Beag and Loch Eyre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kensaleyre and Bernisdale.
Kensaleyre
Village
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kensaleyre is a scattered crofting township, part of a group of settlements clustered around the A87 road on the shore of Loch Snizort Beag on the Trotternish peninsula of the island of Skye in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.
Bernisdale
Village
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bernisdale is a small township, near the head of Loch Snizort Beag, Isle of Skye in the Highlands and Islands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Bernisdale is situated 2 miles south of Eyre.
Kingsburgh
Hamlet
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kingsburgh is a scattered crofting township, overlooking Loch Snizort Beag on the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye in the Highlands of Scotland. Kingsburgh is situated 2 miles northwest of Eyre.
Eyre
- Categories: hamlet and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.4919° or 57° 29′ 31″ northLongitude
-6.31405° or 6° 18′ 51″ westElevation
459 feet (140 metres)Open location code
9C9MFMRP+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
node 9580712168OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Eyre” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Eyre”
- Irish: “Eighre”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Eighre”
- “Eighre”
- “Eyre”
- “Eyre - Eighre”
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Highlights include Sornaichean Coir‘ Fhinn and Skye, Dun Eyre.
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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 “Eyre”. Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.