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Staffin ((スコットランド・ゲール語:Stafain)) is a district with the Gaelic name ''An Taobh Sear'', which translates as 'the East Side', on the northeast coast of the Trotternish peninsula of the island of Skye. It is located on the A855 road about north of Portree and is overlooked by the Trotternish Ridge with the famous rock formations of The Storr and the Quirang. The district comprises 23 townships made up of, from south to north, Rigg, Tote, Lealt, Lonfearn, Grealin, Breackry, Cul-nan-cnoc, Bhaltos, Raiseburgh, Ellishader, Garafad, Clachan, Garros, Marrishader, Maligar, Stenscholl, Brogaig, Sartle, Glasphein, Digg, Dunan, Flodigarry and Greap. The Kilmartin River runs northwards through the village. From where it reaches the sea a rocky shore leads east to a slipway at ''An Corran''. Here a local resident found a slab bearing a dinosaur track, probably made by a small ornithopod. Experts subsequently found more dinosaur prints of up to 50 cm, the largest found in Scotland, made by a creature similar to '' Megalosaurus''. At about 160 million years old they are the youngest dinosaur remains to be found in Scotland.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.scottishgeology.com/outandabout/classic_sites/locations/ancorran.html )〕 A Mesolithic hunter-gatherer site dating to the 7th millennium BC at ''An Corran'' is one of the oldest archaeological sites in Scotland. Its occupation is probably linked to that of the rock shelter at Sand, Applecross on the coast of Wester Ross.〔("An Corran" ) Staffin Community Trust (''Urras an Taobh Sear'') Retrieved 15 March 2008.〕 In the modern era this part of Skye retains a strong Gaelic identity with 61 per cent of the local population recorded as speaking the language in 2001.〔Mac an Tàilleir, Iain (2004) ( ''1901-2001 Gaelic in the Census'' ) (PowerPoint) Linguae Celticae. Retrieved 1 June 2008.〕 In September 2010, Comunn na Gàidhlig named Staffin as their "Gaelic Community of the Year", in the first year this competition has run.〔(Staffin named as "Gaelic Community of the Year" ), Comunn na Gàidhlig〕 Also in September 2010, Highland Council announced the launch of a consultation into a plan to convert the local primary into a Gaelic medium school. This would be the second such conversion in Scotland, after Bun-sgoil Shlèite. Only 5 out of the school's thirty pupils have English as their only language, with the remainder being bilingual English and Gaelic speakers.〔Ross, John (18 September 2010) ("Second school set to replace English with Gaelic as classroom language" ). Edinburgh: ''The Scotsman''. Retrieved 18 September 2010.〕 In 2011 it was reported that Staffin Island may be the last in Scotland where the old tradition of having cattle swim between grazings is still carried out. Crofter Iain MacDonald, who used to swim with the animals, now uses a boat to encourage them to swim from Staffin Island to Skye in early spring and back again in October.〔("Skye crofter 'last' to swim his cattle between grazings" ) (11 February 2011) BBC News. Retrieved 11 September 2010.〕 ==References== 〔 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「Staffin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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