Galtrigill Explained

Map Type:Isle of Skye
Country:Scotland
Official Name:Galltrigill
Gaelic Name:Galtraigil
Static Image:The Manners Stone - geograph.org.uk - 1048201.jpg
Static Image Caption:The Manners Stone is marked as such on the OS map. It sits in a field near the end of the surfaced road at Galtrigill. Once there was a big village here. Now there is just a scattering of ruins.
Os Grid Reference:NG186539
Coordinates:57.4882°N -6.6961°W
Unitary Scotland:Highland
Post Town:Dunvegan
Postcode District:IV55 8
Postcode Area:IV

Galtrigill (Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: '''Galtraigil''') is a largely abandoned crofting township on the far north end of the east side of the Duirinish peninsula on the Isle of Skye, and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.[1]

The villages of Borreraig, Uig and Totaig are located directly south. The Stone of Manners (Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Clach a Mhodha) lies north of Galtrigill, and is the only one known to exist on the Isle of Skye.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Clive Aslet. Villages of Britain: The Five Hundred Villages that Made the Countryside. 2011. Bloomsbury Publishing. 978-1-4088-1799-5. 578.
  2. Book: Otta Swire. Skye: The Island and its Legends. 2006. Birlinn. 978-0-85790-971-8. 137.