Skeaabost - Isle of Skye

Skeabost (N) protected portion of land. An interesting feature of antiquarian interest in this area is the ruin of the old chapel of St Columba on the islet in the Snizort River. Mary MacPherson (Matri Mhor nan Oran) was born at Skeabost in 1821. Mary was one of Skye's favourite poetesses and wrote compassionately of the crofter's cause in the latter years of the