Points of Interest
Anait
Said to have been an Iron Age promontory fort and reputedly an early Christian church and settlement.
Visited by Boswell & Johnson in 1773. This site is regarded as one of the most important Christian sites in the Hebrides.
Dunhallin
The fort on the hill: comes from Gaelic and Norse. It is a prominent pre-historic stronghold being an Iron Age dun (700 BC – c550 AD)
Fairy Bridge
Where the fairy wife of the Chief of MacLeod is said to have left him to return to her own people.
Hallin Church
An example of a Parliamentary Church and Manse ascribed to Thomas Telford.
www.canmore.org.uk/site/71754/skye-hallin-waternish-parish-church-manse
Knockbreck – Dark Skies
Fabulous views of the stars, the planets and the Milky Way.
Stein
Plans for the proposed designed village can be viewed in the entrance hall of Stein Inn.
Stein Jetty – Dark Skies
Public car park with access to the jetty where on clear nights you can see the stars, planets and the Milky Way.
Trumpan
Legendary testing stone in grounds of the late Medieval (12th to 16th C. AD) church.
Trumpan – Dark Skies
Car park with superb 360-degree views of the sky, the stars, and the Milky Way.
Unish
Early 18th century ruined house & settlement, reputedly developed by Fife merchant venturers. You will pass it on the way to Waternish Point.
Waternish Point
Waternish Point is marked by a lighthouse with magnificent views out to the Western Isles.
"And in another journal, at another time, Dr. Johnson, standing near Waternish, said to his friend: "Boswell, we came in at the wrong end of this island." "Sir, it was best to keep this for last." "I would have it both first and last.""