Bracadale Explained

Map Type:	Isle of Skye
Country:	Scotland
Static Image:	Bracadale from Dun Taimh - geograph.org.uk - 974872.jpg
Static Image Caption:	Bracadale from Dun Taimh looking across Loch Bracadale from the iron age fort above Gesto.
Coordinates:	57.3596°N -6.4082°W
Official Name:	Bracadale
Gaelic Name:	Bracadal
Unitary Scotland:	Highland
Os Grid Reference:	NG350385

Bracadale (Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Bracadal) is a settlement and civil parish on the Isle of Skye in Scotland.^[1] It lies on the west coast of the island, west-south-west of Portree, on Loch Beag, an inlet off Loch Harport. Nearby settlements include Struan to the west and Coillore on the opposite shore of Loch Beag. The parish reaches eastwards as far as Sligachan.^[2]

Etymology

The name could derive from the Old Norse for "juniper dale"^[3] or "bracken dale"; or from the Scottish Gaelic breac and dail, meaning "spotted valley", or "valley of the trout/salmon".

See also

• Loch Bracadale
• Alastair Campbell, Lord Bracadale - Scottish judge
• Roderick McLeod (minister) minister suspended in the Bracadale Case. Not to be confused with his namesake who wrote the Statistical Account for Bracadale^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bracadale . The Gazetteer for Scotland . School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society . 17 June 2018.
2. Gazetteer for Scotland, Map of the Parish of Bracadale in the Historical County of Inverness, accessed 7 June 2024
3. [:no:Einer]
4. Book: M'Leod . Roderick . The statistical account of Scotland. Drawn up from the communications of the ministers of the different parishes. [electronic resource] ]. 1791 . Printed and sold by William Creech . Edinburgh . 245-249 . Parish of Bracadale.