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Uig is situated partly on the raised beach around the head of the bay and partly on the steep slopes behind it. Two watercourses enter the bay at Uig: the River Rha from the north and the River Conon which drains Glen Uig to the east. The lower courses of both of these small rivers are characterised by waterfalls.
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Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 11:20, 4 February 2011: 1,334 × 1,424 (1.56 MB): Nilfanion {{Information |Description=Blank map of the Isle of Skye, UK, as well as the adjacent islands, with the following information shown: *Coastline, lakes and rivers *Roads and railways *Urban areas Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84
The Uig Tower is a round tower of two floors and was built in Norman style. The tower has narrow vertical slits instead of windows. The tower has narrow vertical slits instead of windows. The gaps resemble loopholes of a castle through which arrows could be fired on attackers, although it has no defensive function and was built purely as a show ...
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig was established as a charitable trust in 1973, "as an educational institute, with a special emphasis on Gaelic educational functions", [2] with a longer-term vision of establishing a Gaelic-medium college and research centre offering vocational further education, as well as opportunities for Gaelic learners to develop their fluency.
Uig, Coll, a hamlet on the island of Coll, Argyll and Bute, Scotland; Uig, Duirinish, a hamlet near Totaig, on the Isle of Skye, Highland Scotland; Uig, Lewis, a civil parish on the western cost of the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland; Uig, Snizort, a village and ferry port on the Trotternish peninsula, Isle of Skye, Highland Scotland
Snizort (Scottish Gaelic: Snìosort) is a civil parish in the north-eastern part of the Isle of Skye, [1] comprising the head of Loch Snizort and the western coast of Trotternish up to Uig, which is the largest settlement. [2]
The district of Carloway (after the village of that name) which hitherto had fallen partly within the parishes of Lochs and Uig, became a separate civil registration district in 1859. The districts of Lewis are Ness (Nis), Carloway (Càrlabhagh), Back, Lochs (Na Lochan), Park (A' Phàirc), Point (An Rubha), Stornoway, West Side, Bernera and Uig ...