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These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Sleat. You may be able to find further references to Sleat in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
Place | Type of entry | Source |
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Sleat | a parish | Groome |
Sleat, Sound of | a belt of sea | Groome |
Sleat, Sound of | Bartholomew |
This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Sleat.
Place | Type of entry | Source |
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Aird | hamlet | Bartholomew |
Aird | a hamlet, with a public school | Groome |
Armadale Castle | seat | Bartholomew |
Armadale Castle | the seat | Groome |
Dunscaith | a ruined baronial fortalice | Groome |
Dunscaith | ruined castle | Bartholomew |
Ferrindonald | school | Bartholomew |
Isle Ornsay | island and village | Bartholomew |
Isle Ornsay | a village and an islet | Groome |
Knock Castle | ruin | Bartholomew |
Lochindaal | a bay | Groome |
Tarseabhaig | school | Bartholomew |
This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Sleat within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
Traveller | Section | No. of Refs. |
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James Boswell | Sept. 1st to 7th, 1773: Glen Moriston to Skye | 4 |
James Boswell | September 25th to October 2nd, 1773: South east Skye | 4 |
James Boswell | October 9th to 16th, 1773: Mull | 2 |
James Boswell | September 8th to 12th, 1773: Raasay; meeting with Flora McDonald | 1 |
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
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Isle Ornsay | 0 | 2 |
Dunscaith | 0 | 2 |
Armadale | 0 | 2 |
Ardavasar | 0 | 2 |
Aird | 0 | 2 |
Strath | 0 | 2 |
Broadford | 0 | 2 |
Inverie | 0 | 2 |
Knoydart | 0 | 2 |
Glenelg | 9 | 2 |
Kyleakin | 0 | 2 |
Bernera Barracks | 0 | 1 |
Coruisk | 0 | 2 |
Scalpay | 0 | 2 |
Soay | 0 | 2 |
Barrisdale | 0 | 1 |
Morar | 0 | 2 |
Balmacarra | 0 | 2 |
Arisaig | 0 | 2 |
Plockton | 0 | 2 |