Kilmarie or Kilmaree ( gd, Cill Ma Ruibhe), (
Gaelic
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: ''cill'' =' church or cell'; ''marie'' from St.
Maolrubha) is a village in the
Isle 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 ...
,
Scotland
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. Its most notable feature is the village church and graveyard. The graveyard has a significant number of tombstones from highland clans, in particular
Clan MacKinnon.
Nearby is
Kilmarie House
Kilmarie or Kilmaree ( gd, Cill Ma Ruibhe), (Gaelic: ''cill'' =' church or cell'; ''marie'' from St. Maolrubha) is a village in the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Its most notable feature is the village church and graveyard. The graveyard has a signi ...
, former residence of
Jethro Tull member
Ian Anderson
Ian Scott Anderson (born 10 August 1947) is a British musician, singer and songwriter best known for his work as the lead vocalist, flautist, acoustic guitarist and leader of the British rock band Jethro Tull. He is a multi-instrumentalist w ...
.
It is also the point of embarkation from Route B8083 to
Dun Ringill
Dun Ringill ( Gaelic: ''Dùn'', 'fort', ''Ringill'', 'point of the ravine') is an Iron Age hill fort on the Strathaird peninsula on the island of Skye, Scotland. Further fortified in the Middle Ages, tradition holds that it was for several cen ...
ruin.
References
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Populated places in the Isle of Skye
Clan Mackinnon