Tour Scotland short 4K early Summer travel video clip, with music, of sailing to Loch Scavaig on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Britain, United Kingdom. Loch Scavaig is a sea loch on the south west coast of Skye. It opens into the Cuillin Sound with the island of Soay to the west and the Strathaird peninsula to the east. It is known for its sudden and violent squalls but it is popular with tourists. The loch looks into the horseshoe of the Cuillin ridge mountains and a boat trip across Loch Scavaig to Loch Coruisk, within the horseshoe, has long been popular with tourists. Elgol, Scottish Gaelic: Ealaghol, is on the shores of Loch Scavaig towards the end of the Strathaird peninsula. According to tradition, its name derives from a battle fought with five ships by Aella, a follower of Vortigern, against the Picts and Scots. The Strathaird peninsula was historically a heartland of the Mackinnons, a robustly Jacobite clan. On 4 July 1746, the Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Young Pretender, found sanctuary at Elgol in the course of his wanderings under the protection of Clan Mackinnon of Mackinnon and Captain John Mackinnon of Elgol. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome.
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