Ashaig

Ashaig is a small township, situated adjacent to Upper Breakish and Lower Breakish near Broadford on the island of Skye, Scotland. For administrative purposes, it lies in the Highland Council area.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Broadford Airfield and Pabay.

Broadford Airfield

Aerodrome

Broadford Airfield

Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Isle of Skye Airfield is a small airfield on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, with a single runway. It is next to the hamlet of Ashaig, near the village of Broadford.

Pabay

Island

Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Pabay is a Scottish island just off the coast of Skye. The name Pabay is derived from an old Norse word meaning "priest's isle" and there are the remains of a 13th-century chapel. Pabay is situated 2 miles northwest of Ashaig.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Upper Breakish and Lower Breakish.

Upper Breakish

Village

Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Upper Breakish is a village on the Isle of Skye in Scotland in the United Kingdom.

Lower Breakish

Hamlet

Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lower Breakish is a village on the Isle of Skye in Scotland.

Waterloo

Hamlet

Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Waterloo is a hamlet, which is situated 1½ miles west of Ashaig.

Ashaig

Type: Hamlet
Description: human settlement on Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK
Categories: human settlement and locality
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.24808° or 57° 14′ 53″ north

Longitude

-5.82725° or 5° 49′ 38″ west

Elevation

66 feet (20 metres)

Open location code

9C9P65XF+64

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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Satellite Map

Discover Ashaig from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Ashaig” goes by many names.

Basque: “Ashaig”
Catalan: “Ashaig”
Dutch: “Ashaig”
German: “Ashaig”
Irish: “Aiseag”
Irish: “Aiseig MoRuibhe”
Irish: “Aiseig”
Irish: “Aisig”
Scottish Gaelic: “Aiseag”
Scottish Gaelic: “Aiseig MoRuibhe”
Scottish Gaelic: “Aiseig”
Scottish Gaelic: “Aisig”
Scottish Gaelic: “Athaisig”
Spanish: “Ashaig”
Urdu: “اشیگ”
“Aisig”
“Ashaig”
“Ashaig - Aisig”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tobar Aisig and Loch Ashik.

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