Sligachan () is a small settlement on

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, Scotland. It is close to the

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mountains and provides a good viewpoint for seeing the

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mountains.

Amenities

Sligachan is situated at the junction of the roads from

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, and Broadford. The hotel was built at this road junction around 1830. Many early climbers chose this as a spot to start ascents of the Cuillin. Today there is also a campsite and bunkhouse adjacent to the hotel. There is also a small

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which is operated in the same building as the hotel.

Battle

Tradition has it that the

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attacked Skye in 1395, but William MacLeod met the MacDonalds at Sligachan and drove them back to Loch Eynort ( Ainort). There they found that their galleys had been moved offshore by the MacAskills and every invader was killed. The spoils were divided at ''Creag an Fheannaidh'' ('Rock of the Flaying') or ''Creggan ni feavigh'' ('Rock of the Spoil'), sometimes identified with the Bloody Stone in Harta Corrie below the heights of Sgurr nan Gillean.

Sligachan old bridge

The Sligachan Old Bridge was built between 1810 and 1818 by engineer

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. The bridge is for pedestrians and cyclists only following construction of a new road bridge parallel to it on the A87. It was listed as a Category B and scheduled in 1971 and 1974, respectively.

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de-scheduled the bridge in 2016 (the listing remains in place).

References

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Sligachan Hotel
{{Skye Populated places in the Isle of Skye Bridges by Thomas Telford