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Glenelg ((スコットランド・ゲール語:Glinn Eilg),〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland database )〕 also ''Gleann Eilg'') is a village and civil parish in the Lochalsh area of Highland in western Scotland. The parish covers a large area including Knoydart, North Morar and the ferry port of Mallaig.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Map of Parishes in the County of Inverness )〕 At the 2001 census it had a population of 1,507. The smaller "settlement zone" around the village had a population of 283.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://wwwold.highland.gov.uk/plintra/iandr/cen/sz/glenelg.htm )〕 In 2011 Highland Council estimated that the community of Glenelg and Arnisdale had a population of 291.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.highland.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/A9764577-650A-4035-A172-006C880320FC/0/CC_Population_Estimates_2011.pdf )〕 ==Geography== Glenelg is located by the Kyle Rhea narrows, where the Isle of Skye is closest to the mainland. Between November and February, the only access to Glenelg is by road (the Bealach (pass) Ratagain from Shiel Bridge on the main road from Inverness to Skye). between March and October, there is the option to cross the Kyle Rhea strait by ferry (see below). Its proximity to Skye meant that Glenelg was formerly of more strategic importance. Cattle reared on Skye were routinely made to swim the 534 metres〔(Width of Kyle Rhea narrows ) Wikimapia. Retrieved: 2012-10-27.〕 to the mainland before being herded to market along the drovers' road to Kinlochhourn and on to the Scottish Lowlands. Following the initial Jacobite risings, Glenelg was chosen as one of four sites in the Highlands for a military barracks. These were completed in 1725 and a military road soon linked Glenelg to the rest of General George Wade's road network. Ultimately unsuccessful in preventing the 1745 uprising and not needed after the Highland Clearances, the Bernera Barracks are now ruined. A person from Glenelg is known in Gaelic as an ''Eilgeach''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Glenelg, Highland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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