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Kilvaxter
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Kilvaxter () is a crofting township located on the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the council area of Highland. The A855 road passes through the area. Kilvaxter is north of Uig. A Souterrain exists close to Kilvaxter, and was discovered in April 2000, when a lintel collapsed, and it became visible at the surface. It was excavated and is now open to the public.
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It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in the Isle of Skye.
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Place details
- Locality
- Cille Mhoire
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Kilvaxter
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- New house in Kilvaxter - geograph.org.uk - 926559.jpg
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- Commons category
- Kilvaxter
- historic county
- Inverness-shire
- located in/on physical feature
- Trotternish
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Kilvaxter () is a crofting township located on the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the council area of Highland. The A855 road passes through the area. Kilvaxter is north of Uig. A Souterrain exists close to Kilvaxter, and was discovered in April 2000, when a lintel collapsed, and it became visible at the surface. It was excavated and is now open to the public.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kilvaxter” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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