Skye Museum of Island Life, Uig

Name: Skye Museum of Island Life
Address: Uig, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1470 552206

#1 among attractions in Uig

Top attraction, Museum, History museum

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The Skye Museum of Island Life is a museum in Kilmuir, Skye, Scotland, which is dedicated to preserving a township of thatched cottages as they would have been on Skye at the end of the 18th century. ()

Coordinates: 57°39'37"N, 6°22'8"W

Address

Uig United Kingdom

Contact

+44 1470 552206

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Day trips

Skye Museum of Island Life – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Duntulm Castle, Quiraing, Uig Tower, An t-Iasgair.

1.8 miNE
Forts and castles
Duntulm Castle, Uig
45 min walk • Duntulm Castle stands ruined on the north coast of Trotternish, on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, near the hamlet of Duntulm. During the 17th century it was the seat of the chiefs of Clan MacDonald of Sleat. It is a scheduled monument.
4 miE
Geological formation with a loop trail
Quiraing, Isle of Skye
102 min walk • The Quiraing is a landslip on the eastern face of Meall na Suiramach, the northernmost summit of the Trotternish on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.
5.2 miS
Tower
Uig Tower, Isle of Skye
134 min walk • The Uig Tower, also known as Captain Fraser's Folly, is a nineteenth century folly located in Uig on the island of Skye in the Highlands of Scotland. It is a category B listed building.
2.9 miNW
Island
An t-Iasgair
75 min walk • An t-Iasgair is a skerry in the Little Minch, to the north of the Trotternish peninsula of Skye. It lies 1.5 miles north north west of Ru Bornesketaig and is marked by a navigation light. It is the largest and highest in a group of three rocks, with smaller neighbours of Sgeir nan Ruideag and An Dubh Sgeir.
5.2 miS
Church
Snizort Free Church, Isle of Skye
132 min walk • The Snizort Free Church, is a place of worship of the Free Church of Scotland in Skye.
4.6 miS
Archaeological site
Dun Skudiburgh, Uig
117 min walk • Dun Skudiburgh is a prehistoric fort near Uig, Skye, Scotland. The site is on the west coast of Trotternish, on a steep-sided knoll about 60 metres above the shore of Loch Snizort.
5.3 miNE
Island
Eilean Trodday
134 min walk • Eilean Trodday is an island in The Minch just off the north coast of the Trotternish peninsula of Skye in Scotland. Eilean Trodday is about 38 hectares in extent and the coastline has various caves and stacks.