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Scoraig
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| country | Scotland |
| static_image_name | The lighthouse, Scoraig.jpg |
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| static_image_alt | A white lighthouse on a hillside, with a wind turbine in the background |
| static_image_caption | The old lighthouse at Scoraig (moved to this site and converted to a museum), and in the background a locally designed wind turbine. |
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| map_alt | WP:ALT -- |
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| post_town | GARVE |
| postcode_area | IV |
| postcode_district | IV23 |
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| gaelic_name | Sgoraig |
| unitary_scotland | Highland |
| lieutenancy_scotland | Ross and Cromarty |
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Scoraig () is a settlement located on a remote peninsula between Little Loch Broom and Loch Broom, north-west of Ullapool in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland.
The 1871 census recorded more than 380 Gaelic-speaking inhabitants of Scoraig. Today it is known for its remoteness (reachable only by boat or about five miles' walk), its somewhat "alternative" atmosphere, organic food production, and its pioneering use of wind power.
There is a primary school, which in 2015 had five pupils, and in 2018, seven. which because of the distance requires living there at least during the week. There is postal service three times a week, and a sea-ferry and a community boat serve the settlement in addition to private boats.
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- Census, 2001
- (6 December 2011). "Pupil ferries in the Highlands to go out to tender". BBC News Scotland online.
- (19 November 2018). "The remote UK community living off-grid". BBC News.
- Denholm, Andrew. (8 September 2015). "Remote school with just five pupils needs a new teacher". Herald & Times Group.
- Gold, Ed. (19 November 2018). "The remote UK community living off grid". BBC News.
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