Glenelg

Glenelg is a small village on the coast of Wester Ross in the Scottish Highlands, which historically was one of the main crossings to and from Skye. The cattle swam across on their way to market, while the humans took a ferry.

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Type: Village with 291 residents
Description: human settlement in Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Glenelg, Highland”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Glenelg Church and Dun Telve.

Glenelg Church

Church

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Glenelg Church is a Category B listed building in Glenelg, Highland, Scotland. Of Church of Scotland denomination, the church dates to the 18th century.

Dun Telve

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Dun Telve is an iron-age broch located about four kilometres southeast of Kirkton, the main village of the community of Glenelg, Inverness-shire in the Highland Region of Scotland. It is one of the best preserved brochs in Scotland.

Glenelg Inn

Pub

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Glenelg Inn is a public house and inn in the village of Glenelg in the Highlands of Scotland. The current building dates to the second half of the 20th century, but remnants of the previous structure — the "imposing" Glenelg Hotel, which was largely destroyed in a 1947 fire — still stand.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kylerhea and Balvraid.

Kylerhea

Village

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Kylerhea is a village on the east coast of the Isle of Skye, in the Scottish Highlands, overlooking Kyle Rhea, a strait splitting Skye from the Scottish mainland.