Sleat
Sleat is a peninsula in Highland Council, Scotland.Places of Interest
Highlights include Armadale Castle and Dunscaith Castle.
Armadale Castle
Photo: Wojsyl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Armadale Castle is a ruined country house in Armadale, Skye, former home of the MacDonalds.
Dunscaith Castle
Castle
Photo: Peter Trant, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunscaith Castle also known as Dun Scaich, Dun Sgathaich Castle and Tokavaig, is a ruined castle on the coast of the Isle of Skye, in the north-west of Scotland.
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 Armadale and Ardvasar.
Armadale
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Armadale is the ferry port and main village of Sleat peninsula, the gently rolling southern part of the Isle of Skye. To the south it merges with Ardvasar, and a lane continues to dead-end at Aird of Sleat.
Ardvasar
Village
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardvasar is a village near the southern end of the Sleat peninsula, on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It is just to the south of the village of Armadale, where a ferry crosses to Mallaig. Nearby attractions include Armadale Castle and the Museum of the Isles.
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.
Sleat
- Type: Peninsula
- Also known as: “Sleat - Slèite”
- Category: landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.1026° or 57° 6′ 9″ northLongitude
-5.9319° or 5° 55′ 55″ westOpen location code
9C9P4339+26OpenStreetMap ID
node 13366238505OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peninsula
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