Sligachan
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 Monument Heroes of the Hills. | |
  Sligachan Location within theIsle of Skye | |
| OS grid reference | NG485298 |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ISLE OF SKYE |
| Postcode district | IV47 |
| Dialling code | 01478 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
| 57°17′22″N6°10′32″W / 57.289334°N 6.175554°W /57.289334; -6.175554 | |
Sligachan (Scottish Gaelic:Sligeachan) is a small settlement onSkye, Scotland. It is close to theCuillin mountains and provides a good viewpoint for seeing theBlack Cuillin mountains.
Sligachan is situated at the junction of the roads fromPortree,Dunvegan, andBroadford. 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 smallmicrobrewery which is operated in the same building as the hotel.
Tradition has it that theLord of the Isles attacked Skye in 1395,[1] butWilliam MacLeod met the MacDonalds at Sligachan[2] and drove them back toLoch Eynort (Ainort).[1] There they found that their galleys had been moved offshore by the MacAskills[1] and every invader was killed.[1] The spoils were divided atCreag an Fheannaidh ('Rock of the Flaying')[1] orCreggan ni feavigh ('Rock of the Spoil'),[2] sometimes identified with the Bloody Stone in Harta Corrie below the heights ofSgurr nan Gillean.
The Sligachan Old Bridge was built between 1810 and 1818 by engineerThomas Telford. The bridge is for pedestrians and cyclists only following construction of a new road bridge parallel to it on theA87. It was listed as a Category B and scheduled in 1971 and 1974, respectively.Historic Environment Scotland de-scheduled the bridge in 2016 (the listing remains in place).[3]
