Kilmaluag Explained

Map Type:Isle of Skye
Official Name:Kilmaluag
Gaelic Name:Cill Moluaig
Static Image Name:The Main Street Kilmaluag - geograph.org.uk - 566067.jpg
Static Image Caption:The Main Street through Kilmaluag
Country:Scotland
Unitary Scotland:Highland
Lieutenancy Scotland:Ross and Cromarty
Coordinates:57.681°N -6.317°W
Os Grid Reference:NG426738
Constituency Westminster:Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Constituency Scottish Parliament:Ross, Skye and Inverness West
Post Town:PORTREE
Postcode Area:IV
Postcode District:IV51
Dial Code:01470 552

Kilmaluag (Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Cill Moluaig, meaning St. Moluag's Cell, Church or Chapel) is a township made up of several small settlements on the most northerly point of the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Kilmaluag is within the parish of Kilmuir.[1]

The settlements within the township include Balmacqueen (Gaelic: Macqueen's Place), Kendram (Gaelic: Head of the Ridge), Connista[2] (Norse: High Farm), Aird (Gaelic: Point or Promontory) and Solitote (Gaelic: Ruin Hill).

The Kilmaluag also gives its name to a Jurassic geological formation, the Kilmaluag Formation. This limestone and sandstone formation is Bathonian in age, and outcrops in the harbour of the village and in several other locations on Skye.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Details of Kilmaluag. Gazetteer for Scotland. 2 January 2015.
  2. Web site: Skye, Conista, Kilmaluag. ScotlandsPlaces. 31 December 2012.