Vatten is a
hamlet south east of
Dunvegan, on the eastern shore of
Loch Vatten
''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch.
In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelli ...
, on 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 ...
, in the council area of
Highland, Scotland. In 2011 it had a population of 315.
History
The name "Vatten" came from
Old Norse ''vatn'' ("water"). Vatten had a school, it closed in 1984 and the pupils transferred to Dunvegan.
[Economic Impact v5 - Highland Council]
References
Populated places in the Isle of Skye
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