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.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dun Beag and Oronsay.

Dun Beag

Archaeological site

Photo: Nessy-Pic, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

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.

Coillore

Hamlet

Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Coillore is a hamlet.

Balgown

Type: Hamlet
Description: hamlet in Bracadale, Isle of Skye, Highland, Scotland
Category: locality
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.3569° or 57° 21′ 25″ north

Longitude

-6.41092° or 6° 24′ 39″ west

Open location code

9C9M9H4Q+QJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 413289878

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

Wikidata ID

Q124544753

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Irish to Scottish Gaelic—“Balgown” goes by many names.

Irish: “Baile a‘ Ghobhainn”
Scottish Gaelic: “Baile a‘ Ghobhainn”
“Balgown - Baile a‘ Ghobhainn”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bracadale Free Church and Dun Diarmaid.

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