Friday, September 11th, 2009
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Thanks to Iain Watson for these pictures and his memories of scout camps in Uig.
The pictures were all collected by Don Laing, who used to be a Scout Leader in Stornoway for many years from the early 60's until he ...
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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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Monday, July 28th, 2008
From the Comhairle SMR (Sites and Monuments Record.)
A Bronze Age (2350BC-700BC) cairn was identified at NB045338, on the point of Tolanais overlooking Traigh Uig. Two small assessment trenches were opened on the southern of two large mounds, in order to determine which features of the site were artificial, and to date these, ...
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
We are modestly delighted to have made the Scotsman's supplement today, in the shortlist for Best Museums in the Western Isles. Marianne's lovely cafe at Lochcroistean School is one of the Best Surprises; and Traigh Uig makes the Best Beaches list.
Though surely Traigh na Berie is the best beach in Uig and probably ...
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Dolly Doctor, in Tales and Traditions, tells of the wreck of a ship at Carnish in 1775. In the picture Sgeir an Iaruinn is the small island in the middle of the picture, with Shielibhig in the distance on the far left.
All night the people round Uig Bay had listened to ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Rev Col AJ Mackenzie, born 1887, was the son of Roderick Mackenzie, gamekeeper at Kinlochresort and subsequently at Uig Lodge. The young Alick spent his early years at Kinlochresort before moving with his family in 1891 to the keeper's house near the Lodge, overlooking Traigh Uig, which clearly made a lasting impression ...
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Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
A Fenian (and Ossianic) tale, adapted here from WC Mackenzie's Traditions of the Western Isles.
Cuoch (or Cuithich) Mac Nuadharan was a giant who lived at Dun Boranais in the river at the edge of Uig Sands. He had three giant, broch-dwelling brothers: Glom, at Ballyglom; Tid, at Tidberry, Kirkibost (both Bernera); ...
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