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.pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:240px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:240px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:240px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Outer_Hebrides_UK_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Uig is located in Outer Hebrides"><img alt="Uig is located in Outer Hebrides" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Outer_Hebrides_UK_location_map.svg/240px-Outer_Hebrides_UK_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="316" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Outer_Hebrides_UK_location_map.svg/360px-Outer_Hebrides_UK_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Outer_Hebrides_UK_location_map.svg/480px-Outer_Hebrides_UK_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1083" data-file-height="1424" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:22.158%;left:64.385%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Uig"><img alt="Uig" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Uig</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within the <a href="/wiki/Outer_Hebrides" title="Outer Hebrides">Outer Hebrides</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Ùigeach</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Language" title="Language">Language</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic" title="Scottish Gaelic">Scottish Gaelic</a><br /><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bing.com/maps/?mkt=en-gb&v=2&cp=58.188063~-7.069262&lvl=13&sp=Point.58.188063_-7.069262_Uig&sty=s&style=s">NB022334</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">Civil parish</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Uig</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Scotland" title="Subdivisions of Scotland">Council area</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Na_h-Eileanan_Siar" class="mw-redirect" title="Na h-Eileanan Siar">Na h-Eileanan Siar</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenancy_areas_of_Scotland" title="Lieutenancy areas of Scotland">Lieutenancy area</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Outer_Hebrides" title="Outer Hebrides">Western Isles</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="country-name"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Post_town" title="Post town">Post town</a></th><td class="infobox-data">ISLE OF LEWIS</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Postcodes in the United Kingdom">Postcode district</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/HS_postcode_area" title="HS postcode area">HS2</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom">Dialling code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">01851</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_Dependencies_and_British_Overseas_Territories" title="List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories">Police</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Police_Scotland" title="Police Scotland">Scotland</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Fire_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Fire services in the United Kingdom">Fire</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Fire_and_Rescue_Service" title="Scottish Fire and Rescue Service">Scottish</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Emergency_medical_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom">Ambulance</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Ambulance_Service" title="Scottish Ambulance Service">Scottish</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Na_h-Eileanan_an_Iar_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Na h-Eileanan an Iar (UK Parliament constituency)">Na h-Eileanan an Iar</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament_constituencies_and_electoral_regions" title="Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions">Scottish Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Na_h-Eileanan_an_Iar_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Na h-Eileanan an Iar</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <dl><dt><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">List of places</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_locations" title="List of United Kingdom locations">UK</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Scotland" title="List of places in Scotland">Scotland</a></dd> <dd></dd></dl></div> <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Uig,_Lewis&params=58.179_N_7.026_W_region:GB_type:city"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">58°10′44″N</span> <span class="longitude">7°01′34″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">58.179°N 7.026°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">58.179; -7.026</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Uig</b> (<a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Gaelic language">Scottish Gaelic</a>: <i lang="gd">Ùig</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="gd-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Scottish_Gaelic" title="Help:IPA/Scottish Gaelic">[uːkʲ]</a></span>), also known as <i>Sgìr' Ùig</i>, is a <a href="/wiki/Civil_parishes_in_Scotland" title="Civil parishes in Scotland">civil parish</a> and <a href="/wiki/Community_council" title="Community council">community</a> in the west of the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Lewis" title="Isle of Lewis">Isle of Lewis</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Outer_Hebrides" title="Outer Hebrides">Outer Hebrides</a>, Scotland. The Parish of Uig is one of the four civil parishes of the Isle of Lewis. It contains the districts of <a href="/wiki/Carloway" title="Carloway">Carloway</a>, East Uig, <a href="/wiki/Great_Bernera" title="Great Bernera">Bernera</a> and West Uig (commonly known as Uig district or Uig Lewis). The name derives from the <a href="/wiki/Old_Norse_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Norse language">Norse</a> word <i><a href="/wiki/Viking" class="mw-redirect" title="Viking">Vik</a></i> meaning 'a bay'. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uig,_Lewis&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The civil parish of Uig extends over a considerable area (roughly 250 sq mi or 650 km<sup>2</sup>) from the Harris border in the south to Dalmore in the north, and from <a href="/wiki/Brenish" title="Brenish">Brenish</a> in the west to Lochganvich in the east.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The district known locally in Lewis as Uig is also called "West Uig" and is broadly the area west of Little Loch Roag (the narrow inlet extending south from (West) Loch Roag). West Uig contains 20 settlements; Uig parish contains 36 settlements. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Uig_Lodge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6955.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Uig_Lodge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6955.jpg/220px-Uig_Lodge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6955.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Uig_Lodge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6955.jpg/330px-Uig_Lodge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6955.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Uig_Lodge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6955.jpg/440px-Uig_Lodge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6955.jpg 2x" data-file-width="627" data-file-height="355" /></a><figcaption>Uig Lodge</figcaption></figure> <p>West Uig was a district of 2,000 people around the 1841 census, but the <a href="/wiki/Highland_Clearances" title="Highland Clearances">Highland Clearances</a> had set in by then and this parish suffered greatly. The villages of Capadale, Pennydonald, Balnicol, Balgreasich and Erista, around where the modern scattered crofting township of Ardroil now stands, were some of the many cleared to make way for sheep farming and country sports. </p><p>Bhaltos (Valtos) is the largest village in Uig and is home to about 35 people. Since 1999 the land on the Bhaltos peninsula, comprising also the smaller villages of <a href="/wiki/Cliff,_Lewis" title="Cliff, Lewis">Cliobh (Cliff)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kneep" title="Kneep">Cnìp (Kneep)</a>, Riof (Reef) and Na h-Ùigean (Uigen), has been owned by the community and managed by the Bhaltos Community Trust.<sup id="cite_ref-BhaltosTrust_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BhaltosTrust-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Uig, otherwise known as West Uig, is the largest and most sparsely populated district of the Isle of Lewis. It contains the highest point on Lewis of Mealasbhal (574 m or 1,883 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-OS_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nearby Loch Suaineabhat (or Suaineabhal) at 61 metres (200 feet) is the deepest freshwater loch and with a mean depth of 33 metres (108 ft) also the most voluminous in Lewis.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Loch_Langavat" title="Loch Langavat">Loch Langavat</a> (from the Gaelic/Norse meaning "long lake")<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to the west covers an area of 906.5 hectares (2,240 acres) and is over 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) in length.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The coast has significant inlets notably Little Loch Roag, Loch Thamnabhagh, Loch Reasort and <a href="/wiki/Camas_Uig" title="Camas Uig">Camas Uig</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-OS_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Camas Ùig contains a vast strand of shell beach which produces a fertile "machair" fringe. Other shell sand beaches and machair are found at Tràigh na Beirigh, Bhaltos, Cliff, Capadale, Mangurstadh and Mealastadh. </p><p>The Atlantic west coast from Gallan Head to Loch Resort is dominated by cliffs and many small chasms known as "geodhs". Inland the land contains a glaciated profile with thin acidic soil and large rock outcrops of Lewisian gneiss. Of geological note is the discovery of the largest sapphire ever found in the British Isles.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 242-carat (48.4-gram) stone discovered in 1995 is on display at the <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Scotland" title="National Museum of Scotland">National Museum of Scotland</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Camas_Ùig"><span id="Camas_.C3.99ig"></span>Camas Ùig</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uig,_Lewis&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Camas Ùig"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Uig Beach (<a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Gaelic language">Scottish Gaelic</a>: <i lang="gd">Camas Ùig</i>) is best known as the site where the <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Chessmen" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewis Chessmen">Lewis Chessmen</a> (<a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Gaelic language">Scottish Gaelic</a>: <i lang="gd">Tàileasg Ùig</i>) were found. Before 1831, a local crofter discovered a buried hoard of <a href="/wiki/Chess" title="Chess">chess</a> pieces, uncovered by a storm. The chessmen are now in the <a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Museum of Scotland">Museum of Scotland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> with an overseas<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (May 2017)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> exhibit in the <a href="/wiki/British_Museum" title="British Museum">British Museum</a> in London, and replicas in the Uig Heritage Centre in Tuimisgearraidh. They are mostly carved from <a href="/wiki/Walrus" title="Walrus">walrus</a> tusks, and probably originated in Norway sometime in the 12th century, although when and how they came to be in Uig is unknown.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Camas Ùig is surrounded by the villages of Cradhlasta (Crowlista), <a href="/wiki/Timsgarry" title="Timsgarry">Tuimisgearraidh (Timsgarry)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ardroil" title="Ardroil">Eadar Dhà Fhadhail (Ardroil)</a> and Càrnais (Carnish). The beach is one of Scotland's leading <a href="/wiki/Kite_buggy" title="Kite buggy">kite-buggy</a> locations, being large, flat, and frequently subject to suitable winds.<sup id="cite_ref-KiteBuggy_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KiteBuggy-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uig,_Lewis&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Evidence of extensive Norse settlement has been uncovered, most notably through interpretation of the place names in the district but also through archaeological discoveries, some of which are on display at the Uig Museum. The name Uig is generally accepted to be derived from the old Norse ‘Vík’. Military service – Uig district was a fruitful recruiting ground for soldiers in the 78th <a href="/wiki/Seaforth_Highlanders" title="Seaforth Highlanders">Seaforth Highlanders</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars" title="Napoleonic Wars">Napoleonic Wars</a>, who were notably recruited in four waves in 1778, 1793, 1794 and 1804. Most notable of battle honours won was the victory at Maida, Italy, in 1806 and Java in 1811. Clearances – Despite military service and the ultimate sacrifice by many, the district was the subject of widespread evictions in the nineteenth century to make way for enlarged sheep farms and sporting estates. Villages around Uig Bay that were cleared were: Capadale, Pennydonald, Baileneacail, Baileghreusaich, Earastadh and Mealastadh, the largest township in the district. Parallel with the Highland clearances arose the birth of organised <a href="/wiki/Crofting" title="Crofting">crofting</a> in the 1840s. This produced the individual land holdings and linear township pattern recognisable today. The crofting system has always proved inadequate to provide an income for the people so other forms of income have always been crucial for the survival of these communities. Notable were the kelp industry and the great line fishing industry. The main sporting estates that were set up were at Uig Lodge, Morsgail and Scaliscro. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uig,_Lewis&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The current population of the district is around 400, which is the lowest recorded. This is compounded by an ageing demographic and a "constrictive pyramid" structure. The district had recorded 1,923 residents in 1841, prior to evictions that occurred over the next decade. The most notable evictions resulted in the passage of hundreds of people on the emigrant ships "Marquis of Stafford" and "Barlow" in 1851. At the turn of the twentieth century there were 1,631 residents in the district, and the population dipped below 1,000 for the first time after the Second World War. </p><p>According to the 2011 census, there are 873 Gaelic speakers (56%) in Uig parish. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Clan_MacAulay">Clan MacAulay</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uig,_Lewis&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Clan MacAulay"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Uig is the ancestral seat of the <a href="/wiki/Macaulay_family_of_Lewis" title="Macaulay family of Lewis">Clan MacAulay (Mac Amhlaigh)</a>. Through advanced Y DNA testing of a wide range of males from this family, it has been proven that the ancestor of this family had an Irish origin from well before the advent of surnames. They are distinct from several other unique Macaulay families on the Isle of Lewis, most of whom show Nordic or Scandinavian ancestry. The most famous chief of the Uig Macaulays was Donald Cam MacAulay, and his descendants have included the anti-slavery campaigner <a href="/wiki/Zachary_Macaulay" title="Zachary Macaulay">Zachary Macaulay</a> and his son <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Babington_Macaulay,_1st_Baron_Macaulay" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay">Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay</a> who wrote <i>A History of England</i>. A later descendant, T. B. MacAulay, founded the <a href="/wiki/Sun_Life_Financial" title="Sun Life Financial">Sun Life of Canada</a> insurance company. According to Lewis tradition, Uig is the birthplace of Coinneach Odhar, the <a href="/wiki/Brahan_Seer" title="Brahan Seer">Brahan Seer</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Nostradamus" title="Nostradamus">Nostradamus</a>-type figure of the 16th century.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Archaeology_and_Historical_Sites">Archaeology and Historical Sites</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uig,_Lewis&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Archaeology and Historical Sites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Uig_Chessman_Carving.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Uig_Chessman_Carving.jpg/170px-Uig_Chessman_Carving.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Uig_Chessman_Carving.jpg/255px-Uig_Chessman_Carving.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Uig_Chessman_Carving.jpg/340px-Uig_Chessman_Carving.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="5184" /></a><figcaption>Chessman standing on the Uig Dunes near the site where the <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Chessmen" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewis Chessmen">Lewis Chessmen</a> were discovered. The work was commissioned in 2006 and carved in oak by Stephen Hayward.</figcaption></figure> <p>The principal historical site in the parish is the <a href="/wiki/Callanish_Stones" title="Callanish Stones">Callanish Stones</a> which are a neolithic site of international importance. They are unusual in being cross-shaped with an avenue leading to the central point. This main <a href="/wiki/Calanais" class="mw-redirect" title="Calanais">Calanais</a> site is connected to seven other stone circles in the locality. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Dun_Carloway" title="Dun Carloway">Dun Carloway</a> is the second best preserved example of an Iron Age <a href="/wiki/Broch" title="Broch">broch</a> in Scotland after <a href="/wiki/Mousa" title="Mousa">Mousa</a> in Shetland. Other brochs in the parish include: Dùn Borrainis, Dùn Bharabhat (Cnìp), Dùn Bharabhat (Bernera), and Dùn Stiùgh. </p><p>A well-preserved wheelhouse at <a href="/wiki/Kneep" title="Kneep">Cnìp</a>, and two nearby brochs, make this area important archaeologically. In 1979 a rich female Viking burial was discovered on Cnìp headland.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, excavations done by GUARD archaeology in 2009 and 2010 found three different burials in shallow pits and on a kerbed mound. These burials contained the remains of nine people over a period of 150 years, between 1770 and 1620 BC. And the bodies were allowed to decay and become partly or wholly skeletonised before being buried. </p><p>Pennydonald by Camas Uig was the place of discovery of the Lewis Chessmen in 1831. </p><p>The remains of inter-connected circular houses are by the beach at Bòstadh, Bernera. They date from the <a href="/wiki/Iron_Age" title="Iron Age">Iron Age</a>. A reconstruction of this part sub-terranean habitation is located nearby. Intact remains of further pre-Norse houses with overlapping flagstone roofs known as "beehive dwellings" are to be found on the Morsgail Moor and at Aiscleit. </p><p>The remains of many Norse water mills which used horizontal carved millstones are throughout the parish. Only one, at Breaclet, Bernera is roofed but others of note are found at Croir, Geisiadar, Pennydonald, Carnish and virtually every other township in the parish. </p><p>The remains of nineteenth century fish curing houses are to be found at <a href="/wiki/Little_Bernera" title="Little Bernera">Little Bernera</a>, Croir, <a href="/w/index.php?title=T%C3%B2b_Bhalasaigh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tòb Bhalasaigh (page does not exist)">Tòb Bhalasaigh</a>, Dunan Carloway, Bhaltos and Carnish. Other important sites are the Bernera lobster pond at Tòb Blàr Meadha and lobster ponds on the island of <a href="/wiki/Pabaigh_M%C3%B2r" title="Pabaigh Mòr">Pabaigh Mòr</a>. </p><p>The ruins of Teampall Bhaltois are no longer visible but <a href="/wiki/Geophysical_survey" title="Geophysical survey">geophysical investigations</a>, in 1992, found the buried remains of a rectangular building.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-reformation_chapels">Pre-reformation chapels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uig,_Lewis&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Pre-reformation chapels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The distinct remains of the following chapels exist in the parish: St. Kiarans, Laimisiadar, St. Michaels, Kirivick, St. Macrels, Kirkibost, St Dondans and St. Michaels, Little Bernera, St. Peters, Pabaigh Mhòr, St. Christophers, Uig Bay, Tigh na Beanaich, Aird Uig, and Tigh na Cailleachan Dhubha, Mealastadh. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Abhainn_Dearg_Distillery">Abhainn Dearg Distillery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uig,_Lewis&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Abhainn Dearg Distillery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Abhainn_Dearg_distillery" title="Abhainn Dearg distillery">Abhainn Dearg</a> Red River Distillery, which began distilling in 2008, is located at Carnish in Uig, and claims to be "the first legal distillery in the Outer Hebrides since 1829".<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WhiskyMerchants_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhiskyMerchants-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uig,_Lewis&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%B2mhnall_C%C3%A0m&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dòmhnall Càm (page does not exist)">Dòmhnall Càm</a> MacDhùghaill (c. 1560 – c. 1640) – Born in the district. Clan chief of the <a href="/wiki/MacAulays_of_Uig" class="mw-redirect" title="MacAulays of Uig">MacAulays of Uig</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zachary_MacAulay" class="mw-redirect" title="Zachary MacAulay">Zachary MacAulay</a> (1768–1838) – Anti slavery campaigner with the <a href="/wiki/Clapham_Sect" title="Clapham Sect">Clapham Sect</a>. He was a notable Statistician and the founder of the University of London.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Babington_Macaulay" title="Thomas Babington Macaulay">Thomas Babington Macaulay</a> (1800–1859) – 1st Baron Macaulay and British Whig politician and historian. Author of "A History of England from the Accession of James II".</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robertson_Macaulay" title="Robertson Macaulay">Robertson MacAulay</a> – President of the Sun Life Insurance Co of Canada, later the largest insurer in the world, and his son TB MacAulay is President of the Sun Life Insurance Co.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahan_Seer" title="Brahan Seer">Kenneth MacKenzie, Baile-na-Cille</a> – Born in the district. Otherwise known as the Brahan Seer. He was a notable prophet of the 17th Century who predicted the arrival of oil revenues among other predictions.</li> <li>William J MacLean (1841–1929), Scaliscro/Gisla – Born in the district. Chief Trader for the district of Lower Fort Garry (Winnipeg) for the <a href="/wiki/Hudson%27s_Bay_Company" title="Hudson's Bay Company">Hudson's Bay Company</a>.</li> <li>Murdo F Macdonald (1849–1920), Geisiadar – Born and educated in the district. Founder of the Blue Mountain Granite Co of Vermont. Produced many civic statues for American cities and memorials for the American Civil war.</li> <li>Rev Colonel AJ MacKenzie (born 1887), Kinlochroag – Born and educated in the district. An army chaplain who wrote several memoirs of the traditions of the district.</li> <li>Capt. Alexander Maclennan (born 1892), Bhaltos – Officer with the 16th Canadians at Amiens in WW1 who was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Military_Cross" title="Military Cross">Military Cross and Bar</a>.</li> <li>Donald MacDonald (1891–1961), Carisiadar – Born and educated in the district. Medal winner in Medicine at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Edinburgh" title="University of Edinburgh">University of Edinburgh</a> and also a notable London surgeon. He is better known as a noted folklorist and in particular his book "Tales and Traditions of the Lews".</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Wilson_(Labour_politician)" title="Brian Wilson (Labour politician)">Brian Wilson</a> (born 1948), Mangurstadh – Resident in the district. Former cabinet minister in the Blair and Brown UK administration.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uig,_Lewis&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.peoplesparish.scot/interactive-map">"Interactive Parish Map"</a>. 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