Bornesketaig

Bornesketaig, Scottish Gaelic Borgh na Sgiotaig, is a dispersed crofting settlement in on the .
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Borgh na Sgiotaig”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Skye, Dun Bornaskitaig and Skye Museum of Island Life.

Archaeological site
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an archaeological site.

Museum
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The is a museum in , 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.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kilmuir and Hungladder.

Village
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is a village on the west coast of the peninsula in the north of the island of Skye, and a civil parish covering the north of the peninsula.

Hamlet
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is a small village on north west coast of the peninsula in , , , and is in the council area of Highland. The village of , lies 5 miles to the south.

Hamlet
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a crofting township located on the Trotternish peninsula of the in the of Scotland. It is in the council area of Highland.

Bornesketaig

Latitude
57.65138° or 57° 39′ 5″ north
Longitude
-6.39794° or 6° 23′ 53″ west
Open location code
9C9MMJ22+HR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2447098755
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Wiki­data ID
Q2366291
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Bornesketaig” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Bornesketaig”
  • Dutch: “Bornesketaig”
  • German: “Bornesketaig”
  • Irish: “Borgh na Sgiotaig”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Borgh na Sgiotaig”
  • “Borgh na Sgiotaig”
  • “Bornesketaig”
  • “Bornesketaig - Borgh na Sgiotaig”

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