Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Brittle or Bhreatal

Brittle or Bhreatal, a triangular sea-loch in the Minginish district of Bracadale parish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire. It enters 12 miles SE of the mouth of Loch Bracadale; is flanked on the SE by Dunan Point; is 3 miles long and 2 wide; and receives at its head a stream of its own name.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a triangular sea-loch"   (ADL Feature Type: "fjords")
Administrative units: Bracadale Parish       Inverness Shire County
Place names: BHREATAL     |     BRITTLE     |     BRITTLE OR BHREATAL

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