Lealt, Skye

Lealt
Lealt is located in Isle of Skye
Lealt
Lealt
Location within the Isle of Skye
OS grid referenceNG505608
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode districtIV51 9
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
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List of places
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57°34′06″N 6°10′21″W / 57.56826°N 6.17237°W / 57.56826; -6.17237

Lealt (Scottish Gaelic: An Leathallt) is a crofting township, on the western coastline of the Sound of Raasay on the Trotternish peninsula of Skye, in the Highlands of Scotland and the council area of Highland.[1] The Lealt River which gives its name to Lealt, passes through on the way to the Sound of Raasay.

The name "Lealt" means "Stream with one high bank".[2]

  1. ^ Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons (1907). Parliamentary Papers: 1850-1908. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 50. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Placenames K-O" (PDF). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 13 December 2020.