Skeabost ( gd, Sgeitheabost)
[Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland]
/ref> is a township, at the head of the sea loch, 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 ...
in the southern end of the Trotternish
Trotternish or Tròndairnis (Scottish Gaelic) is the northernmost peninsula of the Isle of Skye, in Scotland. Its most northerly point, Rubha Hùinis, is the most northerly point of Skye.
One of the peninsula's better-known features is the Trot ...
peninsula on the island 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 the Scottish Highlands
The Highlands ( sco, the Hielands; gd, a’ Ghàidhealtachd , 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Sco ...
and is in the Scottish council area of Highland
Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...
. It was the birthplace of Màiri Mhòr nan Òran
Mary MacPherson (), known as Màiri Mhòr nan Òran (English: Great Mary of the Songs) or simply Màiri Mhòr (10 March 1821 – 7 November 1898), was a Scottish Gaelic poet from the Isle of Skye, whose work focused on the Highland Clearances a ...
.
The village of Carbost Carbost (Gaelic: Càrrabost) is the name of several settlements:
*Carbost, Loch Harport, Isle of Skye, in Highland, Scotland
* Carbost, Trotternish, near Portree, Isle of Skye, in Highland, Scotland
*Carabost, New South Wales
Carabost is a fore ...
lies directly east along the A850 road.
See also
*Snizort Cathedral
Snizort Cathedral (Gaelic: ''Snìosort'') was a small cathedral church located on an island (St Columba's Isle, Gaelic: ''Eilean Chaluim Chille'') in the River Snizort, near the head of Loch Snizort on the Scottish island of Skye. Also referred ...
*Snizort Free Church
The Snizort Free Church, is a place of worship of the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) in the township of Skeabost in Snizort on the island of Skye
The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye (; gd, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach or ; sco, Isle o Skye ...
References
Populated places in the Isle of Skye
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