Ullinish

Ullinish is a crofting township on Loch Bracadale, on the southwest coast of Skye, Scotland. The only promontory fort on Skye is located at Ullinish. It is situated to the west of Struan and just south of the hamlet of Ebost.

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Type: Hamlet
Description: hamlet in Bracadale on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Uilfhinis”

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Dun Beag and Oronsay.

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.

Oronsay

Islet

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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.

Dun Ardtreck

Archaeological site

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eabost and Struan.

Eabost

Hamlet

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Eabost is a hamlet.

Struan

Village

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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.