- Ashaig
infobox UK place
official_name = Ashaig
gaelic_name =
country = Scotland
unitary_scotland = Highland
lieutenancy_scotland =Ross and Cromarty
population =
latitude = 57.23
longitude = -5.83
os_grid_reference = NG6923
constituency_westminster = Ross, Skye and Lochaber
constituency_scottish_parliament = Ross, Skye and Inverness West
post_town = ISLE OF SKYE
postcode_area = IV
postcode_district = IV49
dial_code = 01471Ashaig is a hamlet near Broadford in the
Isle of Skye , Highland,Scotland . It is the site of Broadford's airfield, which is no longer used for commercial flights. Except at high tide, there is a large and attractive sandy beach at the end of the airstrip.The old burial ground at Ashaig, which is still in use, reflects the site's ancient religious associations. By tradition, it is closely connected with St. Maelrubha (c.642-722), the apostle to Skye, who is said to have occupied the small island of
Pabay opposite the beach. There are still to be seen the sacred spring that started when the saint tore a small tree from the ground and a rocky crag above the river, which he is said to have used as a pulpit (Creag an leabhair, "the rock of the book").Ashaig is in the Scottish council area of the Highland.
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