Kingsburgh (
Gaelic: ''Cinnseaborgh''
) is a scattered crofting township, overlooking
Loch Snizort Beag on the
Trotternish peninsula of the
Isle 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 of ...
in the
Highlands of Scotland. It is in the council area of
Highland
Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally, ''upland'' refers to a range of hills, typically from up to , while ''highland'' is usually reserved for range ...
. Kingsburgh is located south of
Uig.
Kingsburgh is famous as the place that
Flora MacDonald lived after helping
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Charles Edward Louis John Sylvester Maria Casimir Stuart (31 December 1720 – 30 January 1788) was the elder son of James Francis Edward Stuart, making him the grandson of James VII and II, and the Stuart claimant to the thrones of England, ...
escape to
France
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after his defeat at
Culloden.
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Gazetteer of Scotland. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
References
Populated places in the Isle of Skye
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