Map of Skye showing WaternishWestern shore of Loch Bay
Waternish or Vaternish (Scottish Gaelic: Bhàtairnis)[1] is a peninsula approximately 12 kilometres (7+1⁄2 miles) long on the island of Skye, Scotland, situated between Loch Dunvegan and Loch Snizort in the northwest of the island,[2] originally inhabited and owned by Clan MacNeacail/MacNicol/Nicolsons and originally consisting of small crofting communities.
The history of the peninsula is a long (and often bloody) one involving clan feuds, massacres, de-population during the Highland Clearances, and eventual re-vitalisation.
The Clan MacLeod clan seat is at the nearby Dunvegan Castle. The current clan chief is Hugh MacLeod of MacLeod. It contains the hamlets of Stein and Lusta in Loch Bay to the south east, Halistra, Hallin and Trumpan further north and Gillen to the west, all of which are accessed from the A850 road by crossing the Fairy Bridge. The highest point is Ben Geary (284 metres or 932 feet) and the most northerly is Waternish Point. The origin of the name Waternish is controversial.
^Duwe, Kurt C. "Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic) Local Studies. Vol. 11: An t-Eilean Sgitheanach: Trondairnis, Diùirinis & Minginis (Isle of Skye: Trotternish, Duirinish & Minginish)" (PDF). p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
^"Vaternish Peninsula". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
Waternish or Vaternish (Scottish Gaelic: Bhàtairnis) is a peninsula approximately 12 kilometres (7+1⁄2 miles) long on the island of Skye, Scotland, situated...
Waternish or Vaternish Point (Scottish Gaelic Rubha Bhatairnis) is the northwestern promontory of the Waternish peninsula on Skye. Its chief feature is...
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of Skye, Scotland. Edinbane lies on the A850 road at the foot of the Waternish Peninsula on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, 14 miles (23 kilometres) from...
pointed out that in lands held by the clan (Lewis, in Wester Ross, and Waternish on the Isle of Skye), there were traditions of the Nicolsons/MacNicols...
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Islay Mull Aros Ross of Mull Skye Duirinish Minginish Sleat Trotternish Waternish Outer Hebrides Harris (North Harris, South Harris) Lewis (The Lochs, West...
Islay Mull Aros Ross of Mull Skye Duirinish Minginish Sleat Trotternish Waternish Outer Hebrides Harris (North Harris, South Harris) Lewis (The Lochs, West...
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Islay Mull Aros Ross of Mull Skye Duirinish Minginish Sleat Trotternish Waternish Outer Hebrides Harris (North Harris, South Harris) Lewis (The Lochs, West...
Snìosort) is a sea loch in the northwest of the Isle of Skye between the Waternish and Trotternish peninsulas. It is fed by the River Snizort, originating...
Islay Mull Aros Ross of Mull Skye Duirinish Minginish Sleat Trotternish Waternish Outer Hebrides Harris (North Harris, South Harris) Lewis (The Lochs, West...
Islay Mull Aros Ross of Mull Skye Duirinish Minginish Sleat Trotternish Waternish Outer Hebrides Harris (North Harris, South Harris) Lewis (The Lochs, West...
area of Scotland. They are in Loch Snizort, between the Trotternish and Waternish peninsulas. The islands include: South Ascrib Eilean Garave Eilean Creagach...
settlement on the north east shore of the sea loch, Loch Dunvegan, on the Waternish peninsula, in north western Isle of Skye, Scottish Highlands and is in...
into the possession of the Scots, Alexander III granted Lewis, Harris, Waternish, and Minginish to Harald. Leod later succeeded his father to the lands...
the A87 is the A863. The Fairy Bridge, which carries the road to the Waternish peninsula. lies slightly north of the road, to the west of Upperglen....
estates of Torrin and Sconser. Duirinish Minginish Sleat Trotternish Waternish "Strathaird" Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 24 November 2009. Murray...
Portree Bracadale This road is located on the Isle of Skye. B886 A850 Waternish This road is located on the Isle of Skye. B887 A859 north of Ardhasaig...
South Uist: Ushenish Barra Isles Barra Head Isle of Skye: Neist Point Waternish Mainland West Coast: Corrachadh Mòr Ardnamurchan Point Redpoint Rua Reidh...
Loch Harport and Struan Duirinish Free Church Glendale, Dunvegan and Waternish Gairloch and Kinlochewe Free Church Gairloch, Kinlochewe and Torridon...
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