Rubha Phòil
Rubha Phòil is a cape in Highland Council, Scotland.Photo: Duthchas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Sleat Primary School
School
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.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Armadale and Mallaig.
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.
Mallaig
Photo: Dbx54, Public domain.
Mallaig is a ferry port and fishing village on the west coast of The Great Glen and Strathspey region of the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 660 in 2020. The name is Norse, Mel vik, sand-dune bay.
Ardvasar
Village
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardvasar is a village near the southern end of the Sleat peninsula, on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It is just to the south of the village of Armadale, where a ferry crosses to Mallaig. Nearby attractions include Armadale Castle and the Museum of the Isles.
Rubha Phòil
- Type: Cape
- Description: Scottish coastal headland
- Categories: headland and landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.0621° or 57° 3′ 43″ northLongitude
-5.8939° or 5° 53′ 38″ westOpen location code
9C9P3464+RCOpenStreetMap ID
node 9708227689OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeWikidata ID
Q121069525
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In Other Languages
From Irish to Scottish Gaelic—“Rubha Phòil” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Rubha Phòil”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Rubha Phòil”
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