Dun Ela

Dun Ela is a building in Highland Council, Scotland. Dun Ela is situated nearby to the forest Ostaig Wood, as well as near the beach Tràigh Ostaig.

Places of Interest Nearby

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. Armadale Castle is situated 1 mile southwest of Dun Ela.

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. Sleat Primary School is situated 3,500 feet northeast of Dun Ela.

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 2½ miles northeast of Dun Ela.

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.

Dun Ela

Type: Building
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.08305° or 57° 4′ 59″ north

Longitude

-5.88483° or 5° 53′ 5″ west

Open location code

9C9P34M8+63

OpenStreetMap ID

way 60259789

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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Highlights include Ostaig Wood and Dùn Ela.

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