Shieldaig

Shieldaig
Scottish Gaelic: Sìldeag
Scots: Shieldaig

Shieldaig, viewed from the road to Applecross
Shieldaig
 Shieldaig shown within the Highland council area
OS grid referenceNG815539
Civil parishApplecross
Council areaHighland
Lieutenancy areaRoss and Cromarty
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Kinlochewe
Postcode district IV54
Dialling code 01520
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK ParliamentRoss, Skye and Lochaber
Scottish ParliamentRoss, Skye and Inverness West
List of places
UK
Scotland

Coordinates: 57°31′22″N 5°39′02″W / 57.5228°N 5.6505°W / 57.5228; -5.6505

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' 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 that doubles as a chapel, and a church. It is much used as a holiday destination, attracting those interested in sea fishing, and explorers of the Torridon Hills, which are a few miles around the coast.

Shieldaig holds a community fete in the first weekend of August.

Shieldaig from above

References

  1. Shieldaig Undiscovered Scotland
  2. "Torridon & Shieldaig". Steve Carter. Retrieved 23 January 2011.


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