Harlosh ( gd, Heàrrlois) is a settlement on the island of Skye off the west coast of Scotland. The settlement is on a peninsula of the same name. Situated at the end of a narrow peninsula between Lochs Caroy and Bharcasaig (both of which are arms of

Loch Bracadale Loch Bracadale (Scottish Gaelic: ''Loch Bhràcadail'') is a sea loch on the west coast of Skye in Scotland. It separates the Minginish Peninsula in the south from the Duirinish Peninsula in the north. Loch Bracadale and its associated inner loc ...

), Harlosh is some from the village of

Dunvegan Dunvegan ( gd, Dùn Bheagain) is a village on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It is famous for Dunvegan Castle, seat of the chief of Clan MacLeod. Dunvegan is within the parish of Duirinish, and Duirinish Parish Church is at Dunvegan. In 2011 i ...

Harlosh Island Harlosh Island is one of four islands to be found in Isle of Skye, Skye's Loch Bracadale. Harlosh Island is from the coast of the Duirinish, Skye, Duirinish Peninsula and from the coast of the Minginish peninsula. At low tide it is only about ...

and Tarner Island lie just offshore, with Wiay some distant to the south. The name "Harlosh" is of

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlemen ...

origin and may refer to a river mouth, although the meaning is not clear. The ruins of Dun Feorlig broch are just to the north east along the shores of Loch Caroy. This

Iron Age The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity. It was preceded by the Stone Age ( Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) and the Bronze Age ( Chalcolithic). The concept has been mostl ...

structure has an external diameter of and there is little trace of the building except for part of the foundation course. It sits on an elevated rock separated from the surrounding area by a deep hollow that was probably excavated. Dun Reil is a structure of a similar antiquity to the south of Harlosh beyond Camus Ban. The premises of the Isle of Skye Fudge Company are located in Harlosh and the Ben Aketil wind farm is situated between Harlosh and Edinbane in the hills beyond Upper Feorlig. Part of the wind farm is owned by local people through the Isle of Skye Renewables Co-operative."Isle of Skye Renewables Co-operative"
www.skye.coop. Retrieved 8 February 2009. Accommodation is available in this small

crofting township A croft is a fenced or enclosed area of land, usually small and arable, and usually, but not always, with a crofter's dwelling thereon. A crofter is one who has tenure and use of the land, typically as a tenant farmer, especially in rural are ...

at a range of B&Bs. Other small settlements on the Harlosh peninsula are Feorlig and Vatten.

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* {{Skye Populated places in the Isle of Skye