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Shieldaig
Shieldaig (; ) is a village in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands, in the Scottish council area of Highland.
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- Shieldaig
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- Alba / Scotland
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- United Kingdom
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Shieldaig (; ) is a village in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands, in the Scottish council area of Highland.
==Geography and history== 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.
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