SHIELDAIG WESTER ROSS HIGHLANDS SCOTLAND THE SHORE OF LOCH SHIELDAIG AND SILVER BIRCH TREES Betula pendula IN SPRINGTIME
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JOHN BRACEGIRDLE / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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6000 x 4000 px | 50.8 x 33.9 cm | 20 x 13.3 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
1 May 2021Location:
SCOTLANDMore information:
Shieldaig is a village in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. 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 never had its tall pines harvested to rig warships, and has now become a nature sanctuary. The name of the village is derived from the Old Norse síld-vík, meaning 'herring bay'. Shieldaig is a community of around 85 people, with its own school, a small pub, a village hall, a church and two restaurants. It is much used as a holiday destination, attracting those interested in fishing, touring the North Coast 500 or explorers of the Torridon Hills, which are a few miles around the coast.
