Elgol
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Place details
- Locality
- Elgol
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 168
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Key facts
- UK place.map_type
- Isle of Skye
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.static_image_name
- Elgol Hall.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The village hall in Elgol
- UK place.official_name
- Elgol
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Ealaghol
- UK place.population
- 168
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 101
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Highland
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Ross and Cromarty
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Ross, Skye and Lochaber
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +168
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Elgol Hall.jpg
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Elgol () is a village on the shores of Loch Scavaig towards the end of the Strathaird peninsula in the Isle of Skye, in the Scottish Highlands.
==Name== According to tradition, its name derives from a battle fought with five ships by Aella, a follower of Vortigern, against the Picts and Scots ("Aella-gol").