Elgol
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Elgol () is a village on the shores of Loch Scavaig towards the end of the Strathaird peninsula in the Isle of Skye, in the Scottish Highlands.
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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Elgol is referenced by 190 other articles, and connects out to Scottish Gaelic, Isle of Skye and Scotland.
It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in the Isle of Skye.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Locality
- Elgol
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 168
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Key facts
- UK place.map_type
- Isle of Skye
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.static_image_name
- Elgol Hall.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The village hall in Elgol
- UK place.official_name
- Elgol
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Ealaghol
- UK place.population
- 168
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 101
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Highland
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Ross and Cromarty
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Ross, Skye and Lochaber
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Ross, Skye and Inverness West
- UK place.post_town
- ISLE OF SKYE
- UK place.postcode_district
- IV49
- UK place.postcode_area
- IV
- UK place.dial_code
- 01471
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NG521142
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 168
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Elgol Hall.jpg
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- Commons category
- Elgol
- historic county
- Inverness-shire
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Gallery
- Present day
- References
- External links
Elgol () is a village on the shores of Loch Scavaig towards the end of the Strathaird peninsula in the Isle of Skye, in the Scottish Highlands.
==Name== According to tradition, its name derives from a battle fought with five ships by Aella, a follower of Vortigern, against the Picts and Scots ("Aella-gol").
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Elgol” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (3)
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2 mapped locations
Available in 10 languages
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