Solar array proposed for Skye's Gaelic college

Plans have been lodged for a solar array at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig UHI - Scotland's centre for Gaelic language and culture - on Skye.

The renewable energy scheme would comprise more than 200 panels and has been proposed for the college's Àrainn Chaluim Chille campus.

Full planning permission has been sought from Highland Council.

Sabhal Mòr Ostaig is part of the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) network.

The college and UHI have been asked for comment on the proposals.

Sabhal Mòr Ostaig was founded in Skye in 1973 by Sir Iain Noble, a businessman, landowner and Gaelic activist.

It was first set up in a former farm steading, and over the years more modern facilities have been added to the site on the Sleat peninsula.

Today it offers higher and further education, including PhDs, and has been described as the only facility of its kind in the world.

Last year, the first 17 properties of Skye's first new village in more than 100 years opened near the college.

Kilbeg is eventually to have about 100 homes in total.

There is an expectation the village will attract Gaelic speakers, though the development is open to anyone who wants to live or work in the area.