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OS grid reference
  
NG815539

Lieutenancy area
  
Ross and Cromarty

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Local time
  
Saturday 12:58 PM

Council area
  
Highland

Civil parish
  
Applecross

Country
  
Scotland

Post town
  
Kinlochewe

Dialling code
  
01520

EU Parliament
  
Scotland

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Weather
  
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Shieldaig


Shieldaig (Scottish Gaelic: Sìldeag) is a village in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland.

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Map of Shieldaig, Strathcarron, UK

The village was founded in 1800 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, 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.

Golden or sea eagle near shieldaig loch torridon scotland uk


References

Shieldaig Wikipedia