Bornesketaig
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  Bornesketaig Location within the Isle of Skye | |
| OS grid reference | NG3771 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | IV51 9 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
Bornesketaig, Scottish Gaelic Borgh na Sgiotaig, is a dispersed crofting settlement in Trotternish on the Isle of Skye. [1] [2]
A broch once stood nearby, but little remains as the stones have been robbed for other uses. There are a number of caves in the cliffs around Bornesketaig.
Back of Keppoch is a small coastal settlement in the northwest Scottish Highlands, 40 miles west of Fort William near to the A830 road to Mallaig.
The A87 is a major road in the Highland region of Scotland.
Trotternish or Tròndairnis is the northernmost peninsula of the Isle of Skye, in Scotland. Its most northerly point, Rubha Hùinis, is the most northerly point of Skye.
A croft is a fenced or enclosed area of land, usually small and arable, and usually, but not always, with a crofter's dwelling thereon. A crofter is one who has tenure and use of the land, typically as a tenant farmer, especially in rural areas.
The A850 road is a road in the Scottish Isles, off the west coast of mainland Scotland.
The A851 road is one of the principal roads of the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides off the west coast of mainland Scotland.
The A863 road is one of the principal roads of the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides off the west coast of mainland Scotland.
Dalton Gates is a hamlet in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oronsay, Loch Bracadale</span> Uninhabited tidal island in [[Loch Bracadale]] on the west coast of Skye, Scotland](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Oronsay_.jpg/320px-Oronsay_.jpg)
Oronsay is an uninhabited tidal island in Loch Bracadale on the west coast of Skye, Scotland.
Aultiphurst, in Strathy, Sutherland, is a village in the Scottish Highlands
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Fiskavaig or Fiscavaig is a picturesque crofting settlement on the north-west shore of the Minginish peninsula, Isle of Skye in the Highland Council area.
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Glendale is a community-owned estate on the north-western coastline of the Duirinish peninsula on the island of Skye and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The estate encompasses the small crofting townships of Skinidin, Colbost, Fasach, Glasphein, Holmisdale, Lephin, Hamaraverin, Borrodale, Milovaig and Waterstein, Feriniquarrie, Totaig, Glasphein, Hamara, and others
Badcall comprises two remote hamlets, called Lower Badcall and Upper Badcall. Upper Badcall, a crofting township, is the larger of the two and is situated on the western shore of Badcall Bay. Lower Badcall is located less than 1 mile to the east on the eastern shore of Badcall Bay. Badcall is on the west coast of Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
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Beaton's Cottage is a croft dwelling in Bornesketaig, Isle of Skye, Scotland, near the island's northern tip. A Category A listed, it was built around 1880 and is in "quite excellent condition". It is a single-storey construction, three bays with centre door, of whitewashed rubble with rounded corners. It has small four-pane windows, with one similar window in the rear, gable-end chimney stacks and a piended thatched roof. A single-storey byre of same build is lit by two skylights.
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