Borreraig
Encyclopedia
Borreraig is a crofting
settlement in Duirinish
, north-west of Dunvegan
on the Isle of Skye. The MacCrimmon
Piping Heritage Centre is based in the village.
Crofting
Crofting is a form of land tenure and small-scale food production unique to the Scottish Highlands, the Islands of Scotland, and formerly on the Isle of Man....
settlement in Duirinish
Duirinish, Skye
Duirinish is a peninsula on the island of Skye in Scotland. It is situated in the north west between Loch Dunvegan and Loch Bracadale.Skye's shape defies description and W. H. Murray wrote that "Skye is sixty miles long, but what might be its breadth is beyond the ingenuity of man to state"...
, north-west of Dunvegan
Dunvegan
Dunvegan is a town on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It is famous for Dunvegan Castle, seat of the chief of Clan MacLeod...
on the Isle of Skye. The MacCrimmon
MacCrimmon (piping family)
The MacCrimmons were a Scottish family, pipers to the chiefs of Clan MacLeod for an unknown number of generations. The MacCrimmon kindred was centred at Borreraig near the Clan MacLeod seat at Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye...
Piping Heritage Centre is based in the village.