Eynort () is a small remote
hamlet
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, situated at the head of
Loch Eynort, on the west coast of the
Isle of Skye
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,
Scottish Highlands
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and is in the
Scottish
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*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
council area of
Highland
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. The ruins of a chapel dedicated to St
Maelrubha are located at Eynort.
References
External links
Canmore - Skye, Cnoc Loisgte site recordCanmore - Skye, Lechd A'Chleirich, Eynort site record
Populated places in the Isle of Skye
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