OS grid reference NG384706 Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district IV55 8 Local time Monday 9:58 PM Lieutenancy area Highland | Country Scotland Post town Dunvegan Police Scottish Council area Highland | |
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Kilmuir (Scottish Gaelic: Cille Mhoire) is a village on the west coast of the Trotternish peninsula in the north of the island of Skye. It is in the Scottish council area of Highland and is the only place in Scotland (apart from the Western Isles) where Scottish Gaelic is spoken by about half of the population. Flora MacDonald, who assisted Bonnie Prince Charlie to escape from Scotland after his defeat at Culloden, is buried in the cemetery here.
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Map of Kilmuir, Isle of Skye, UK
History
Within the parish lies Blàr a' Bhuailte (grid reference NG4467,), the "field of the stricken", where the Vikings made their last stand in Skye near Loch Leum na Luirginn.
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Kilmuir, Skye Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA