Edinbane
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Location
Edinbane lies on the A850 road[2] at the foot of the Waternish Peninsula on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, 14 miles (23 kilometres) from Portree and 8 miles (13 kilometres) from Dunvegan. The name An t-Aodann Bàn is said to be taken from the white bog cotton plants that can be found on the hill sides.[citation needed] The village is based around the crofts with a small primary school and pottery. Notable buildings in Edinbane village are the former Gesto Hospital (c. 1870), the Edinbane Inn (c. 1900) and Edinbane Lodge, a stone-built hunting lodge built in 1543.
History
There has been a settlement here since before 1600, but it was Kenneth MacLeod of Greshornish (1 December 1809, died unmarried in 1869) who founded the village.[3]
Kenneth MacLeod of Greshornish
Returning to Skye, he endeavoured to buy the tack of Gesto but MacLeod of MacLeod was not prepared to sell. Kenneth then bought Orbost, Isle of Skye, Edinbane, Skirinish, Greshornishy, Tote and Skeabost and much of Portree. He ensured that the village had a tradesman from each of the important crafts. He set up the first hospital on Skye in Edinbane, aptly named Gesto. It has been renovated to luxury holiday accommodation Owlswood and Owls Nest apartments. .[4]
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Edinbane Lodge in 1930s. Edward Langdale Hilleary on right of picture
Edinbane Lodge
Edinbane Lodge is the oldest
Wind farm fire
On 24–25 April 2019, a major fire burned 5 square miles (13 square kilometres) of forestry at Edinbane wind farm.[6]
References
- ^ "Edinbane". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- ^ "A850". Sabre. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ^ "Skye, Edinbane". Canmore. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ^ "Edinbane". Undiscovered Scotland. Retrieved 14 October 2008.
- ^ ISBN 9780957370333
- ^ Ken Banks (25 April 2019). "Crews called back to scene of major Moray wildfire". BBC. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
Further reading
- John MacInnes (2015) Edinbane township, Isle of Skye: an island community and its people; 2nd ed. John MacInnes Associates