Eyre () 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 lowe ...
on the northern coast of
Skye
The Isle of Skye, or simply 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 by the Cuillin, the rocky slopes of which provide some o ...
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 upright rock (geology), stone, emplaced in the ground by humans, typically dating from the Eur ...
s () 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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