Skye and Lochalsh it a stag's head from the arms of Mackenzie of Kintail for the Lochalsh area. The gold coronet above the arms was a special pattern reserved for the arms of Scottish district councils, and was topped by thistle-heads. Skye and Lochalsh Skye and Lochalsh () is one of eight former local government districts of the two-tier Highland region of Scotland. The main offices of the Skye and Lochalsh district council were in Portree, on the Isle of Skye. As statutory local government areas, the region and districts were created in 1975, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, and abolished
Uig, Skye Uig, Skye The village of Uig () lies at the head of the sheltered inlet of Uig Bay on the west coast of the Trotternish peninsula on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. The name is thought to be derived from Old Norse "vík", which means bay or inlet. It was thus originally the same placename as Wick, Highland, Vik, Sogn og Fjordane and Vík í Mýrdal. Uig is situated partly on the raised beach around the head of the bay and partly on the steep slopes behind it. Two watercourses enter the bay at Uig; the River Rha from the