Bracadale
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| Bracadale | |
| Scottish Gaelic: Bracadal | |
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File:Isle of Skye UK location map.svg
 Bracadale
Bracadale shown within the Isle of Skye |
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| OS grid reference | NG350385 |
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| Council area | Highland |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Scottish |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
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Bracadale (Scottish Gaelic: Bracadal) is a settlement and parish on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It lies on the west coast of the island, west-south-west of Portree, on Loch Beag, an inlet off Loch Harport. Nearby settlements include Struan to the west and Coillore on the opposite shore of Loch Beag.
File:Bracadale Free Church.jpg
Bracadale Free Church in Struan
The name could derive from the Old Norse for "juniper dale"[1] or "bracken dale"; or indeed from the Scottish Gaelic breac and dail, meaning spotted valley, or valley of the trout/salmon.
See also
- Loch Bracadale
- Alastair Campbell, Lord Bracadale - Scottish judge
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