Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Kilmuir

Kilmuir.-- par. and hamlet, in N. of Skye island, Inverness-shire - par., 34,225 ac., pop. 2562; hamlet, on NW. coast, 5 miles N. of Uig; P.O.; in the churchyard an Iona cross marks the grave of Flora Macdonald (1721-1790).


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Kilmuir ScoP       Inverness Shire ScoCnty
Place: Kilmuir

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