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Post by Creative Consortium on Feb 1, 2010 22:27:07 GMT -6
Kyleakin- The name of the village, Kyle Akin (note it is really two words, you pronounce it Kyle AH-kin, and not Kyleekin!), derives from the Scots Gaelic Caol Acain, meaning the “Strait of Haakon” named after the Norwegian King Haakon. The village of Kyleakin is the site of Castle Moil. The Castle was once known as Dunakin, and dates back to the 10th century. It serves as a lookout post and fortress. It was in the shadow of Dunakin that King Haakon IV's war galleys mustered in 1263 before the Battle of Largs, at which the power of the Norsemen was finally broken in Scotland by Alexander III, King of Scots.
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