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Kintail National Scenic Area
Five Sisters of Kintail from Màm Ratagan
Map showing the location of Kintail National Scenic Area
Map showing the location of Kintail National Scenic Area
Location of Kintail within Highland
LocationHighland, Scotland
Coordinates57°12′21″N 5°21′8″W / 57.20583°N 5.35222°W / 57.20583; -5.35222
Area66 sq mi (170 km2)[1]
Established1981
Governing bodyNatureScot

Kintail (Scottish Gaelic: Cinn t-Sàile) is a mountainous area sitting at the head of Loch Duich in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland, located in the Highland Council area.

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Kintail

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Kintail (Scottish Gaelic: Cinn t-Sàile) is a mountainous area sitting at the head of Loch Duich in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland, located in the...

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Earl of Seaforth

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Colin of Kintail (died 1278), and their name is a variant of Mackenneth. Kenneth, the twelfth head of the clan, was made Lord Mackenzie of Kintail in 1609...

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Mill of Kintail Conservation Area

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The Mill of Kintail Conservation Area is a 152 acres (62 ha) preserve operated by the Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority, in Mississippi Mills...

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Alexander Mackenzie of Kintail

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known as "Ionraic" (or "the Upright"), traditionally counted as 6th of Kintail, was the first chief of the Clan Mackenzie of whom indisputable contemporary...

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Eilean Donan

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20th-century reconstruction of the old castle. Eilean Donan is part of the Kintail National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland. In 2001, the island had a...

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Clan Mackenzie

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[ˈkʰl̪ˠãũn̪ˠ ˈxɤɲɪç]) is a Scottish clan, traditionally associated with Kintail and lands in Ross-shire in the Scottish Highlands. Traditional genealogies...

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Chiefs of Clan Mackenzie

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historically known as the Mackenzies of Kintail. By tradition the Mackenzie chiefs descend from Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st of Kintail (d. 1304) however their earliest...

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Kintail Park

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Kintail Park was a football ground in Lockerbie, Scotland. It was the home ground of Mid-Annandale, and hosted Scottish Football League matches between...

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Clan Macrae

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Castle); another settled in Argyll; and the other settled in Kintail. At that time Kintail was held by the Mackenzies, and according to John Macrae's account...

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Hector Roy Mackenzie

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factious party of the nobility, took up arms against James III, Alexander of Kintail despatched his sons, Kenneth and Hector, with a retinue of 500, to join...

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Farquhar Macrae

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Macrae (1580-1662) was a Scottish minister in the parishes of Gairloch and Kintail, Ross and Cromarty (now part of the Highland Council). He is known for...

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Glen Affric

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from the Kintail area. Corbetts accessible from Glen Affric include Sgùrr Gaorsaic, Càrn a' Choire Ghairbh and Aonach Shasuinn. The Affric Kintail Way is...

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Hebrides

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became a Burgh of Barony. By this time, Lewis was held by the Mackenzies of Kintail (later the Earls of Seaforth), who pursued a more enlightened approach...

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Outer Hebrides

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became a Burgh of Barony. By this time Lewis was held by the Mackenzies of Kintail, (later the Earls of Seaforth), who pursued a more enlightened approach...

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Falls of Glomach

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waterfalls in Britain, with a drop of 113 m (370 ft). The falls border Kintail, donated to the National Trust for Scotland in 1944 and subsequently incorporating...

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Glen Shiel

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Shiel Bridge and Loch Duich. The northern side of the glen lies within the Kintail and Morvich estate owned by the National Trust for Scotland. The lower...

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Duart Castle

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Baronet, fled the castle and withdrew to Cairnbulg Castle, and afterward to Kintail under the protection of the 3rd Earl of Seaforth. In 1691, Duart Castle...

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Wester Ross

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Torridonian peaks that characterise much of Wester Ross, the mountains of Kintail in the south of the area take the form of peaks linked by ridges that rise...

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Inverinate

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loyal followers of the Earls of Seaforth and included Chamberlains of Kintail, castellans of Eilean Donan, clergymen and poets (such as Donnchadh MacRath)...

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Fionnla Dubh mac Gillechriosd

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bastard uncles were causing trouble in the Mackenzies' territories of Kintail and Kinlochewe. Fionnla Dubh was then ordered to retrieve the chief and...

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