Tour Scotland photograph of a cottage by the coast at Broadford, Isle of Skye, Scotland. Like many places in Skye, Broadford derives its name from Old Norse. To the Norsemen this was Breiðafjorðr, meaning the wide bay. The Gaelic name is of modern derivation and assumes that the " ford " element meant a river crossing. West of Broadford in Glen Suardal, on the lower slopes of Beinn na Caillich, is Goir a' Bhlàir, the field of battle. The battle concerned was apparently a decisive action by the Gaelic Clan Mackinnon against the Norsemen.
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