Kilbride

Kilbride is a small township in Strath Swordale, Isle of Skye, Scotland.

The township is situated in a pocket of fertile lime-rich soil, between the Red Hills to the north and Beinn an Dubhaich and the Suidhisnis peninsula to the south. It has been inhabited since ancient times; there is a standing stone, the site of an ancient chapel and an ancient well with a stone cover. Newlywed brides were, according to local tradition, brought to the well to ensure fertility.On-going archaeological excavations since 2003 at High Pasture Cave, on the common grazing east of Kilbride, have revealed continuous use of the site from roughly 700BC to 120AD, for possibly ceremonial purposes centred in and around a large burnt mound which had the cave at its heart.