Eyre ( gd, Eighre) is a settlement on the eastern shore of
Loch Snizort Beag
Loch Snizort is a sea loch in the northwest of the Isle of Skye between the Waternish and Trotternish peninsulas. It is fed by the River Snizort, originating in the hills east of Bracadale. The mouth of Loch Snizort gives access to the lower ...
on the northern coast of
Skye
The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye (; gd, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach or ; sco, Isle o Skye), is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate from a mountainous hub dominated b ...
in Scotland.
The two Eyre
standing stone
A menhir (from Brittonic languages: ''maen'' or ''men'', "stone" and ''hir'' or ''hîr'', "long"), standing stone, orthostat, or lith is a large human-made upright rock (geology), stone, typically dating from the European middle Bronze Age. T ...
s ( gd, Sornaichean Coir' Fhinn) are situated next to Loch Eyre. It is said that there was once a third stone here, although there is now no trace.
References
External links
Canmore - Eyre, Skye site record
Populated places in the Isle of Skye
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