Peingown
Peingown is a hamlet in Highland Council, Scotland. Peingown is situated nearby to the hamlet Heribusta, as well as near the locality Score.Places of Interest
Highlights include Skye Museum of Island Life and Tigh Talamhain Souterrain.
Skye Museum of Island Life
Museum
Photo: HelgeRieder, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Skye Museum of Island Life is a museum in Kilmuir, Skye, Scotland, which is dedicated to preserving a township of thatched cottages as they would have been on Skye at the end of the 18th century.
Tigh Talamhain Souterrain
Archaeological site
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tigh Talamhain Souterrain is an archaeological site.
Duntulm Castle
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Duntulm Castle stands ruined on the north coast of Trotternish, on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, near the hamlet of Duntulm. During the 17th century it was the seat of the chiefs of Clan MacDonald of Sleat. It is a scheduled monument. Duntulm Castle is situated 2 miles north of Peingown.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Heribusta and Hungladder.
Heribusta
Hamlet
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Herbusta, is a small crofting township on the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye in the Highlands of Scotland. It is part of the civil parish of Kilmuir.
Hungladder
Hamlet
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hungladder is a small village on north west coast of the Trotternish peninsula in Kilmuir, Portree, Isle of Skye, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The village of Uig, lies 5 miles to the south.
Kilmuir
Village
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kilmuir is a village on the west coast of the Trotternish peninsula in the north of the island of Skye, and a civil parish covering the north of the peninsula.
Peingown
- Type: Hamlet
- Also known as: “Peighinn a‘ Ghobhainn”
- Category: locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.65856° or 57° 39′ 31″ northLongitude
-6.35699° or 6° 21′ 25″ westOpen location code
9C9MMJ5V+C6OpenStreetMap ID
node 12134433385OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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