Kingsburgh
Kingsburgh is located in Isle of Skye
Kingsburgh
Kingsburgh
Location within the Isle of Skye
OS grid referenceNG394553
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townUig
Postcode districtIV51 9
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish

Kingsburgh (Gaelic: Cinnseaborgh[1]) is a scattered crofting township, overlooking Loch Snizort Beag on the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the council area of Highland. Kingsburgh is located 5+12 miles (9 kilometres) south of Uig.

Kingsburgh is famous as the place that Flora MacDonald lived after helping Bonnie Prince Charlie escape to France after his defeat at Culloden.[2]

References

  1. "Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba". Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  2. "Kingsburgh" Gazetteer of Scotland. Retrieved 15 January 2011.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.