Ellishadder (Scottish Gaelic: Ealaiseadar) is a crofting township, situated close to the north shore of the freshwater Loch Mealt, on the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye, and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.[1] Ellishadder is one of 23 townships making up the district area of Staffin.
Ellishadder
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 Crofts at Ellishadder | |
  Ellishadder Location within the Isle of Skye | |
| OS grid reference | NG504651 |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Portree |
| Postcode district | IV51 9 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
The Kilt Rock viewpoint is situated to the east of the township, and comprises sea-cliffs 55 metres (180 ft) tall, composed of basalt/dolerite rock.[2][3] The viewpoint is best known for its waterfall, Mealt Falls - the outflow of Loch Mealt.
The Staffin Museum, also situated in the east of the township, exhibits the largest collection of local dinosaur footprints and bones, amongst many local artefacts representing the social history of Trotternish. The museum was founded in 1976 by Dugald Ross, and moved to its present locaton, a restored byre, in 1994. The building was formerly a Gaelic school run by the church in the early 1800s.[4][5][6]
Notes
edit- ^ "Elishader". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "Kilt Rock | Waterfall | Staffin | Isle of Skye". www.isleofskye.com. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ "Kilt Rock". Skyecomuseum. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ "Staffin Dinosaur Museum". 15 July 2024. Archived from the original on 15 July 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ White, Sarah; Ross, Dugald (2020). Jurassic Skye: Dinosaurs & Other Fossils of the Isle of Skye. piscespublications. ISBN 978-1-874357-97-1.
- ^ "BBC ALBA - An t-Eilean/From Skye with Love, Series 1, Episode 5, Tha taigh-tasgaidh annasach ann am baile Eiliseadar". BBC. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
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