Population 2,491 Post town PORTREE Local time Friday 6:56 PM | OS grid reference NG483454 Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district IV51 Dialling code 01478 UK parliament constituency Ross, Skye and Lochaber | |
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Weather 8°C, Wind SW at 19 km/h, 87% Humidity Scottish parliament Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch Lieutenancy areas Highland, Ross and Cromarty | ||
Scotland portree isle of skye
Portree (Scottish Gaelic: Port Rìgh, [pʰɔrˠʃt̪ˈtʰɾiː]) is the largest town on Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It is the location for the only secondary school on the island, Portree High School. Public transport services are limited to buses.
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- Scotland portree isle of skye
- Map of Portree UK
- Karen brown s viewfield house hotel portree scotland
- Etymology
- Portree shale
- In fiction
- References
Map of Portree, UK
Portree has a harbour, fringed by cliffs, with a pier designed by Thomas Telford.
Attractions in the town include the Aros centre which celebrates the island's Gaelic heritage. Further arts provision is made through arts organisation ATLAS Arts, a Creative Scotland regularly-funded organisation. The town also serves as a centre for tourists exploring the island.
The Royal Hotel is the site of MacNab's Inn, the last meeting place of Flora MacDonald and Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1746.
The town plays host to the Isle of Skye's shinty club, Skye Camanachd. They play at Pairc nan Laoch above the town on the road to Struan.
Around 939 people (37.72% of the population) can speak Scottish Gaelic.
The A855 road leads north out of the town, passing through villages such as Achachork, Staffin and passes the rocky landscape of the Storr before reaching the landslip of the Quiraing.
Karen brown s viewfield house hotel portree scotland
Etymology
The current name, Port Rìgh translates as 'king's port', possibly from a visit by King James V of Scotland in 1540. However this etymology has been contested, since James did not arrive in peaceful times. The older name appears to have been Port Ruighe(adh), meaning "slope harbour".
Prior to the 16th century the settlement's name was Kiltaraglen ('the church of St. Talarican') from Gaelic Cill Targhlain.
Portree shale
Portree shale is a geologic association in the vicinity of Portree, the existence of which is linked with potential petroleum occurrences of commercial importance.