OS grid reference NF812747 Country Scotland Post town ISLE OF NORTH UIST Dialling code 01876 Civil parish North Uist | Lieutenancy area Western Isles Sovereign state United Kingdom Local time Sunday 8:12 AM Council area Outer Hebrides | |
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Language Scottish Gaelic
English Weather 4°C, Wind S at 3 km/h, 100% Humidity | ||
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Sollas (Scottish Gaelic: Solas) is a small crofting township on the northern coast of the island of North Uist, Scotland.
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Map of Sollas, Isle of North Uist, UK
From Sollas, the road that heads towards Bayhead is known as the Committee Road. It is called this as it was organised by a committee charged with providing famine relief in the 1840s. The Battle of Sollas took place in 1849 during the time of the clearances
Today, the village of Sollas has a local supermarket and the old school building has been turned into a community centre - Taigh Sgire Sholais. Every July, the residents of Sollas host a series of events known as Sollas Week. Sollas is situated in the parish of North Uist, and the people are almost entirely Protestant.
Sollas beach is featured in the novel The Chessmen by Peter May. Northern & Scottish Airways inaugurated services to Sollas in February 1936, using beach and the machair (on which it laid out two grass runways, a hangar and a fuel depot). Services continued until British European Airways retired its De Havilland Rapides in the 1950s. The beach at Tràigh Ear continues to be used infrequently by light aircraft. Highland Aviation uses the beach for its beach landing training course, along with Traigh Mhòr beach at Barra (the site of Barra Airport).