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In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Uig like this:
Uig, a village in Snizort parish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, at the head of Uig Bay, 14 miles NNW of Portree, under which it has a post office, with money order, savings' bank, and telegraph departments. Here also are a steamboat pier and a good hotel. Great damage was done to the place by the 'big flood' of Oct. 1877. Triangular Uig Bay measures 1 mile across the entrance, and 1½ mile thence to its inmost recess.
Uig is now part of HIGHLAND Council. Click here for graphs and data of how HIGHLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Uig itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Uig, in Highland and Inverness Shire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21976
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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