Bracadale, Inverness Shire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Bracadale. You may be able to find further references to Bracadale in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Bracadale parish and hamlet Bartholomew
Bracadale a hamlet and a parish Groome

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Bracadale.

Place Type of entry Source
Beg a sea-loch Groome
Beg sea-inlet Bartholomew
Brishmeal circular-shaped hill Bartholomew
Brishneal a hill Groome
Brittie, or Bhreatal sea-loch Bartholomew
Brittle or Bhreatal a triangular sea-loch Groome
Carbost village with distillery Bartholomew
Carbost a village Groome
Drynoch a burn Groome
Gars-bheinn mountain Bartholomew
Glenbrittle place with school Bartholomew
Glen Brittle glen Bartholomew
Hawkhill House residence Bartholomew
Minginish district Bartholomew
Rudh' an Dunain headland Bartholomew
Soay island Bartholomew
Soay an island Groome
Struan hamlet Bartholomew
Taarner island Bartholomew
Taarner a triangular islet Groome
Talisker Distillery Bartholomew
Wiay island Bartholomew
Wiay an island Groome

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Carbost 0 2
Talisker 5 2
Skye 141 2
Edinbain 0 1
Dunvegan 12 2
Portree 16 2
Duirinish 1 3
Bay 0 2
Snizort 1 4
Coruisk 0 2
Raasay 26 2
Uig 0 2
Soay 0 2
Scalpay 1 2
Strath 0 2
Kilmuir 0 2
Staffin 0 3
Broadford 0 2
Borniskittag 0 2
Rona 3 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Bracadale. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
BRACADALE John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
F.H. Groome Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh: T.C. Jack, 1882-4).

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