Eyre, Skye

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{{Infobox UK place

| map_type = Isle of Skye

| official_name = Eyre

| gaelic_name = Eighre

| static_image_name = Eyre.jpg

| static_image_caption = View towards Eyre, showing ruined buildings

| country = Scotland

| unitary_scotland = Highland

| lieutenancy_scotland = Ross and Cromarty

| population =

| coordinates = {{coord|57.491|-6.315|display=inline,title}}

| os_grid_reference = NG414527

| constituency_westminster = Ross, Skye and Lochaber

| constituency_scottish_parliament = Ross, Skye and Inverness West

| post_town = PORTREE

| postcode_area = IV

| postcode_district = IV51

| dial_code = 01470

}}

Eyre ({{langx|gd|Eighre}}) is a settlement on the eastern shore of Loch Snizort Beag on the northern coast of Skye in Scotland.{{cite web |title=Eyre |url=http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst2215.html |website=The Gazetteer for Scotland |publisher=School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society |access-date=19 June 2018}}

The two Eyre standing stones ({{langx|gd|Sornaichean Coir' Fhinn}}) are situated next to Loch Eyre.{{cite web|url=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=198443587|title=Eyre Alignment - Stone Row / Alignment in Scotland in Isle of Skye|publisher=The Megalithic Portal|access-date=3 January 2015}} It is said that there was once a third stone here, although there is now no trace.{{cite web|url=http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/11333/details/skye+sornaichean+coir+fhinn+eyre/|title=Skye, Sornaichean Coir' Fhinn, Eyre|publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland|work=Canmore|access-date=3 January 2015}}

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