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The name of the village is a [[Viking]] word meaning ''loch of the herring''{{citation needed|date=June 2012}} which do indeed still populate the bay in some profusion. |
The name of the village is a [[Viking]] word meaning ''loch of the herring''{{citation needed|date=June 2012}} which do indeed still populate the bay in some profusion. |
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Shieldaig is a community of around 85 people,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.stevecarter.com/ansh/ansh2.htm| title=Torridon & Shieldaig| publisher=Steve Carter| accessdate=23 January 2011}}</ref> with its own school, a small pub, a village hall and a church. It is much used as a holiday destination, attracting those interested fishing, and explorers of the [[Torridon Hills]], which are a few miles around the coast. |
Shieldaig is a community of around 85 people,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.stevecarter.com/ansh/ansh2.htm| title=Torridon & Shieldaig| publisher=Steve Carter| accessdate=23 January 2011}}</ref> with its own school, a small pub, a village hall and a church. It now has two restaurants, packed on a Tuesday in October, since becoming a featured town on the NC500. It is much used as a holiday destination, attracting those interested fishing, and explorers of the [[Torridon Hills]], which are a few miles around the coast. |
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Shieldaig holds a community fete in the second weekend of August. |
Shieldaig holds a community fete in the second weekend of August. |
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Revision as of 12:50, 2 October 2018
Shieldaig
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 Shieldaig looking north along the sea-front | |
  Shieldaig Location within the Highland council area | |
| OS grid reference | NG815539 |
| Civil parish | |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Kinlochewe |
| Postcode district | IV54 |
| Dialling code | 01520 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
Shieldaig (Scottish Gaelic: Sìldeag) is a village in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland.
The village was founded in 1800[1] with a view to training up seamen for war against Napoleon. After his (initial) defeat and exile to Elba, the community found itself a new role as a fishing village. The small island just offshore never had its tall pines harvested to rig warships, and has now become a nature sanctuary.
The name of the village is a Viking word meaning loch of the herring[citation needed] which do indeed still populate the bay in some profusion.
Shieldaig is a community of around 85 people,[2] with its own school, a small pub, a village hall and a church. It now has two restaurants, packed on a Tuesday in October, since becoming a featured town on the NC500. It is much used as a holiday destination, attracting those interested fishing, and explorers of the Torridon Hills, which are a few miles around the coast.
Shieldaig holds a community fete in the second weekend of August.
References
- ^ Shieldaig Undiscovered Scotland
- ^ "Torridon & Shieldaig". Steve Carter. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
External links
Media related to Shieldaig at Wikimedia Commons
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