Kilmarie

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Kilmarie
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Kilmarie Beach Evening sun on the beach picks out the rusty wheels of what seems to have been some sort of haulage system
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Kilmarie
Location within the Isle of Skye
OS grid reference NG552173
Council area
Lieutenancy area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ISLE OF SKYE
Postcode district IV45
Dialling code 01471
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57°10′51″N6°03′08″W / 57.180969°N 6.052358°W / 57.180969; -6.052358

Kilmarie or Kilmaree (Scottish Gaelic : Cill Ma Ruibhe), (Gaelic: cill =' church or cell'; marie from St. Maolrubha) is a village in the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Its most notable feature is the village church and graveyard. The graveyard has a significant number of tombstones from highland clans, in particular Clan MacKinnon. [1] Nearby is Kilmarie House, former residence of Jethro Tull member Ian Anderson. [2]

It is also the point of embarkation from Route B8083 to Dun Ringill ruin.

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Kilmarie Graveyard

References

  1. "KILMARIE CEMETERY, STRATH, ISLE OF SKYE". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  2. "Ian Anderson sells Skye estate to John Muir Trust". TullPress. 11 November 1994. Retrieved 27 May 2025.