4-603: Kilmuir (Gaelic: Cill Mhoir or Cille Mhoire ) is the name of a number of settlements in Scotland: Kilmuir, Skye , on the Trotternish peninsula Kilmuir, Black Isle , near North Kessock and Inverness, in the historic parish of Kilmuir Wester Kilmuir, Easter Ross , near Kildary and Invergordon, in the historic parish of Kilmuir Easter Kilmuir, Duirinish , an area of Dunvegan , on Skye [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
8-578: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kilmuir, Skye Kilmuir ( Scottish Gaelic : Cille Mhoire ) is a village on the west coast of the Trotternish peninsula in the north of the island of Skye , and a civil parish covering the north of the peninsula. It is in the Scottish council area of Highland and is the only place in Scotland (apart from
12-624: 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 here, and fashion designer Alexander McQueen has his headstone here. Within the parish lies Blà r a' Bhuailte ( grid reference NG4467 ), the "field of the stricken", where Vikings are said to have made their last stand in Skye near Loch Leum na Luirginn. This Highland location article
16-425: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kilmuir&oldid=1000583328 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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