Skye Marble Quarry

Skye Marble Quarry is a quarry in Highland Council, Scotland. Skye Marble Quarry is situated nearby to the peak Cnoc Dubh, as well as near the building Kilbride House, Skye.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include High Pasture Cave and Loch Cill Chriosd.

High Pasture Cave

Cave

Photo: Paul Rose, CC BY-SA 2.0.

High Pasture Cave is an archaeological site on the island of Skye, Scotland. Human presence is documented since the Mesolithic, and remains, including Iron Age structures, point to ritual veneration of either the landscape or deities associated with the place. High Pasture Cave is situated 3,500 feet east of Skye Marble Quarry.

Loch Cill Chriosd

Lake

Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Loch Cill Chriosd is a lake, which is situated 1½ miles east of Skye Marble Quarry.

Beinn na Caillich

Peak

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Beinn na Caillich is a mountain with a height of 732 metres, west of Broadford on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. It is one of the Red Hills, or Red Cuillin. There is another Beinn na Caillich at Kyle Rhea on Skye, with an identical height. Beinn na Caillich is situated 2½ miles northeast of Skye Marble Quarry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kilbride and Torrin.

Kilbride

Hamlet

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Kilbride (Scottish Gaelic: Cille Bhrìghde, or the Church of Saint Bride) is a small township in Strath Swordale, Isle of Skye, Scotland. The township is situated in a pocket of fertile lime-rich soil, between the Red Hills to the north and Beinn an Dubhaich and the Suidhisnis peninsula to the south.