STEIN, a hamlet, in that part of the parish of DuiriNiSH
which constituted the quoad sacra parish of WaterNiSH,
county of Inverness, 6 miles (N.) from Dunvegan;
containing 38 inhabitants. It lies on Loch bay, on the
north-west coast of the Isle of Skye, and was established
some years since by the British Society for extending
Fisheries. Under the auspices of the parliamentary commissioners,
an excellent road has been made to this village
from the head of Loch Sligichan, by Loch Bracadale
and Dunvegan; a distance of about thirty-one miles.