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