Shieldaig

Shieldaig
Scottish Gaelic: Sìldeag
Scots: Shieldaig
Shieldaig, viewed from the road to Applecross
Shieldaig  Shieldaig shown within the Highland council area
OS grid reference	NG815539
Civil parish	Applecross
Council area	Highland
Lieutenancy area	Ross and Cromarty
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Kinlochewe
Postcode district	IV54
Dialling code	01520
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Scottish Parliament	Ross, Skye and Inverness West
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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 where the whole community comes together and helps make a fun weekend.

Shieldaig from above

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