Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
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From West Over Sea by DDC Pochin Mould, 1953.
To go to Uig is to go to a different country from the rest of the Lews, to go from the moors into the mountains, to the great massif which, with the Forest of Harris, builds the highest ground in the Outer ...
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Saturday, March 14th, 2009
Another extract from Uig, A Hebridean Parish, compiled by HA Moisley and members of the Geographical Field Group, Universities of Glasgow and Nottingham. This section was written by Pamela M Gough; see also the further detail on life in the townships.
Soils are generally deep, and there are few rocky outcrops ...
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Friday, January 23rd, 2009
A Mhealisbhal bhòidhich ‘s do mhullach air chòmhdach
Le uisge agus ceò agus frasan de d'fhuachd
Bho làithean m' òige bha mise ort eòlach
‘S tu ag èirigh cho còmhnard os cionn a' Chuan Siar.
Cha robh maidne a dh'eirinn nach fhaicin do shlèibhtean
Do ghillean ‘s am beulan's iad daonnan bho ghruaim,
‘S e sealladh ...
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
Written by Dave Roberts; this appeared previously in the Uig News.
Naturally the Each Uisge or Waterhorse was known in Uig in past centuries. It lived in the darkest lochs and was feared and respected, as it would emerge from the lochs and took on human form, perhaps apprearing as ...
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Friday, October 3rd, 2008
A mysterious cave full of swords was once discovered on Mealisval, but the could not be found again. Dave Roberts gave the story of the discovery of the cave in an article for Uig News and here gives a range of possible explanations.
In the Iron Age (2000 years ago) people ...
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Sunday, September 7th, 2008
From an article in Uig News by Dave Roberts.
It appears that shielings were constructed so that one airigh could easily be seen from another, but it is said that very often the girls from a number of shielings would sleep in one building for company. The ancient shieling grounds for Brenish, ...
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
From an article for Uig News by Dave Roberts:
John Murdo Maclean's great grandfather prided himself on knowing every inch of Mealisval. There wasn't a nook or cranny that he hadn't investigated, and not a spot that he couldn't return to the next day or even the next year, with pinpoint ...
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
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From a piece by Dave Roberts for Uig News.
At the north end of Mealisval there is a valley called Tealasdale. The floor of the valley is a chaos of enormous boulders. Beneath some of the gigantic rocks are crevices and hollows into which a person could crawl. Blocking the gaps ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
I am informed that this is not the real Clach Aonghais Bhig, and the real one is situated up the valley, perched on the south rim... has anyone got a picture? It is certainly true that you don't get much of a view of Brenish from the top of this one. Some ...
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Friday, July 4th, 2008
Tradition in Uig tells of a "footprint stone", a regularly-shaped block about 18" square with a footprint depression, of the type associated with a saint and used for the crowning of local kings.
The provenance and significance of the stone have been lost to local knowledge (unless someone can enlighten us) ...
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Last night - followed by more sun. The hill is Mealisbhal.
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