Balgown

Balgown is a hamlet in Highland Council, Scotland. Balgown is situated nearby to the village Struan, as well as near the hamlet Bracadale.

Photo: Tom Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Hamlet
Description: hamlet in Bracadale, Isle of Skye, Highland, Scotland
Also known as: “Baile a‘ Ghobhainn”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dun Beag and Dun Ardtreck.

Dun Beag

Archaeological site

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Dun Beag is an iron-age broch located about 1 kilometre northwest of the village of Struan on the west coast of the island of Skye, in Scotland.

Dun Ardtreck

Archaeological site

Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dun Ardtreck is a D-shaped dun, or "semi-broch", located on the west coast of the island of Skye, in Scotland. Dun Ardtreck is situated 1½ miles southwest of Balgown.

Oronsay is an uninhabited tidal island in Loch Bracadale on the west coast of Skye, Scotland. It is c.1,000 metres long by 220m wide running approximately north-east to south west. Oronsay is situated 2½ miles southwest of Balgown.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Struan and Bracadale.

Struan

Village

Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Struan is a small village on the west coast of the island of Skye, on the shores of Loch Beag, itself an inlet of Loch Bracadale. "Struan" is the anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic word sruthan, meaning "small stream", or the flow at the point where a spring appears.

Bracadale

Hamlet

Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bracadale is a settlement and civil parish on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It lies on the west coast of the island, west-south-west of Portree, on Loch Beag, an inlet off Loch Harport.