Ostaig

Ostaig is a hamlet in Highland Council, Scotland. Ostaig is situated nearby to the village Kilbeg, as well as near the hamlet Kilmore.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Armadale Castle and Sleat Primary School.

Armadale Castle

Photo: Wojsyl, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Armadale Castle is a ruined country house in Armadale, Skye, former home of the MacDonalds.

Bun-sgoil Shlèite is a primary school on the Sleat peninsula of the island of Skye in Scotland. It is Scotland's only Gaelic Medium School with an English department. It was established in August 2007 though the building originally opened in November 1983.

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. Knock Castle is situated 2 miles northeast of Ostaig.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kilmore and Ferindonald.

Kilmore

Hamlet

Photo: John McLuckie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kilmore is a small township on the east coast of the Sleat peninsula of the Isle of Skye, in the Scottish council area of Highland. It lies on the A851 road and is 1⁄4 mile southwest of Ferindonald. Bun-sgoil Shlèite and Sleat Medical Centre are located at the southern end of Kilmore, and the Gaelic college Sabhal Mòr Ostaig is 1⁄2 mile southwest.

Ferindonald

Village

Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ferindonald or Ferrindonald is a crofting township, located on the east coast of the Sleat peninsula, lying on the A851 road, in the Isle of Skye, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

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.

Ostaig

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.08523° or 57° 5′ 7″ north

Longitude

-5.88439° or 5° 53′ 4″ west

Open location code

9C9P34P8+36

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8887671072

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

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