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Portnalong

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Also known as Port na Long, Port nan Long

Portnalong () is a small village on north west of the Isle of Skye on the shore of Loch Harport. Portnalong is Gaelic for "harbour of the ships". It was founded by crofters from Lewis and Harris in 1921.

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Locality
Portnalong
Region
Alba / Scotland
Country
United Kingdom
Population
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village
Official name
Portnalong
Time zone
UTC±00:00
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Portnalong
historic county
Inverness-shire
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Portnalong () is a small village on north west of the Isle of Skye on the shore of Loch Harport. Portnalong is Gaelic for "harbour of the ships". It was founded by crofters from Lewis and Harris in 1921.

Portnalong and Fiskavaig are both crofting townships in the North Talisker common grazings where 69 crofters hold in common the sheep stock club that manages that commons.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Portnalong” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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