Oronsay

Oronsay is a farm in Highland Council, Scotland. Oronsay is situated nearby to Bracadale Free Church, as well as near the village Struan.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dun Beag and Dun Ardtreck.

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. Dun Beag is situated 1,900 feet northwest of Oronsay.

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 south of Oronsay.

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 2 miles southwest of Oronsay.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Struan and Balgown.

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.

Balgown

Hamlet

Photo: Tom Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Balgown is a hamlet.

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.

Oronsay

Type: Farm
Category: agriculture
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.35656° or 57° 21′ 24″ north

Longitude

-6.41869° or 6° 25′ 7″ west

Open location code

9C9M9H4J+JG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1484581048

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=farmyard

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