Kensaleyre Explained

Map Type:Isle of Skye
Country:Scotland
Official Name:Kensaleyre
Gaelic Name:Ceann Sàil Eighre
Static Image Caption:Carn Liath in Kensaleyre. This Carn Liath is one of many features of that name throughout the Scottish highlands. It is a 4m (13feet) chambered cairn.
Os Grid Reference:NG422514
Coordinates:57.48°N -6.301°W
Unitary Scotland:Highland
Constituency Westminster:Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Constituency Scottish Parliament:Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
Post Town:Snizort
Postcode District:IV51 9
Postcode Area:IV

Kensaleyre (Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Sàil Eighre) is a scattered crofting township, part of a group of settlements clustered around the A87 road on the shore of Loch Snizort Beag[1] on the Trotternish peninsula of the island of Skye in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. It is in the council area of Highland.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gittings . Bruce . Munro . David . Kensaleyre . The Gazetteer for Scotland . School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society . 17 August 2018.