Borreraig

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Borreraig
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Borreraig
Location within the Isle of Skye
OS grid reference NG1853
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Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
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Scotland
57°29′02″N6°41′38″W / 57.484°N 6.694°W / 57.484; -6.694

Borreraig (Scottish Gaelic : Boraraig) is a crofting settlement in Duirinish, north-west of Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye. The ancient and famous MacCrimmon Piping Heritage Centre is based in the village, where the chiefs of the Highlands sent their young pipers for training. [1]

The old school at Borreraig, formerly home to the MacCrimmon Piping Heritage Centre The old School, Borreraig.jpg
The old school at Borreraig, formerly home to the MacCrimmon Piping Heritage Centre

References

  1. ↑ Clive Aslet (15 August 2011). Villages of Britain: The Five Hundred Villages that Made the Countryside. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 836. ISBN   978-1-60819-672-2 . Retrieved 26 June 2017.


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