Qualla: Lochmaddy https://qualla.com/lochmaddy en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:24 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Lochmaddy https://qualla.com/lochmaddy Lochmaddy: Introduction https://qualla.com/lochmaddy/ The hounds are not hounds. They are rocks - Na Madaidhean in Gaelic, the wolves or hounds - lying in the bay outside the village, mistaken in shape for crouching beasts by sailors with imagination and bad light. The loch was named for the rocks, the village for the loch, and Lochmaddy has carried that name forward through four centuries of fishing, smuggling, and ferry traffic, becoming the administrative centre of an island whose other settlements largely face the opposite direction.

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/4/z/lochmaddy-wp/gf4z-lochmaddy-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Lochmaddy: A Rendezvous for Pirates https://qualla.com/lochmaddy/ The earliest mention of Lochmaddy in any record is, encouragingly, a complaint. A 1616 report cited "piracie and murder" and called Lochmaldie on the coast of Uist a rendezvous for pirates. The geography invited it. North Uist's east coast is so rocky and indented that few settle...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/4/z/lochmaddy-wp/gf4z-lochmaddy-a-rendezvous-for-pirates.mp3 0:06 2 full Lochmaddy: Herring, Then Hospital, Then Ferry https://qualla.com/lochmaddy/ Under King Charles I in the 17th century, Lochmaddy became a Royal Fishing Station, central to the herring industry that once defined the Scottish west coast. Herring sustained the village through generations and then, like every fishing economy, eventually collapsed. The harbour...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/4/z/lochmaddy-wp/gf4z-lochmaddy-herring-then-hospital-then-ferry.mp3 0:06 3 full Lochmaddy: The Only Bank in the County https://qualla.com/lochmaddy/ Lochmaddy is small, but for North Uist it is the centre of everything. The village holds the island's only courthouse, only tourist information office, and only youth hostel. The Bank of Scotland branch by Morrison's closed permanently in February 2024, leaving the ATM as the las...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/4/z/lochmaddy-wp/gf4z-lochmaddy-the-only-bank-in-the-county.mp3 0:06 4 full Lochmaddy: Where the Road Ends https://qualla.com/lochmaddy/ The A865 begins or ends at Lochmaddy depending on which way you are travelling, and the A867 - the road that crosses the island past the Langass prehistoric sites - has its eastern end nearby. These are North Uist's only main roads. From the harbour, ferries connect outward; from...

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