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{{infoboxInfobox UK place|
|country = Scotland▼
| country |official_name= Ardroil = Scotland
| official_name |gaelic_name= Eadar Dha Fhadhail = Ardroil
| gaelic_name |population = = Eadar Dhà Fhadhail
| label_position |language= [[Scottish= Gaelic]]left
| static_image_name = Eadar Dha Fhadhail - geograph.org.uk - 1347361.jpg
|language1= [[English language|English]]
| static_image_caption = On the right is the road which leads from Uig to [[Mealista]] past the houses at Ardroil
|os_grid_reference= NB0432
| population |latitude= 58.17 =
| language |longitude= -07.03 = [[Scottish Gaelic]]
| language1 |unitary_scotland= = [[NaEnglish h-Eileanan Siarlanguage|English]]
| os_grid_reference = NB045321
|constituency_westminster= [[Na h-Eileanan an Iar (UK Parliament constituency)|Na h-Eileanan an Iar]]▼
| coordinates = {{coord|58.179|-7.027|display=inline,title}}
|constituency_scottish_parliament=[[Western Isles (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Western Isles]]▼
| civil_parish |post_town= STORNOWAY = [[Uig, Lewis|Uig]]
| unitary_scotland |postcode_area= HS = [[Na h-Eileanan Siar]]
| lieutenancy_scotland = [[Outer Hebrides|Western Isles]]
|postcode_district = HS2
▲| constituency_westminster |constituency_westminster= [[Na h-Eileanan an Iar (UK Parliament constituency)|Na h-Eileanan an Iar]]
|dial_code=
▲ | constituency_scottish_parliament = [[WesternNa Islesh-Eileanan an Iar (Scottish Parliament constituency)|WesternNa h-Eileanan an IslesIar]]
}}▼
| post_town = ISLE OF LEWIS
▲| postcode_area |country = Scotland= HS
| postcode_district = HS2
| dial_code = 01851
▲ }}
 
'''Ardroil''' ({{lang-gd|Eadar DhaDhà Fhadhail}}) is a village on the [[Isle of Lewis]] in the [[WesternOuter IslesHebrides]], Scotland. Ardroil is within the parish of [[ScotlandUig, Lewis|Uig]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/towndetails8762.html|title=Details of Ardroil|publisher=Scottish Places|access-date=29 December 2014}}</ref>
 
==Geography==
Ardroil is more accurately the name of a fertile machair district by the expanse of Uig Bay between two rivers: The Forsa River and the Red River. The land is made fertile from the wind blown shell sand which has fertilised the black earth for centuries.
 
==History==
{{Original research|section|date=August 2015}}What is today known as Ardroil is an elongated township of re-settled crofts from five previously cleared settlements. These clearances occurred in the 1830s as the landowner, the Earl of Seaforth, decided that the best land should be taken from tenant crofters and given to sheep farmers. This particular clearance evicted the tenants of the former healthily populated townships of Capadale (Capadal), Penny Donald (Peighinn Dhomhnaill), Balgowan (Baile Ghobhainn), Balgreasach (Baile Ghreusaich) and Erista (Earastadh). The inhabitants were forcibly sent to other parts of Lewis notably Swainbost, Ness but also to Canada.
 
The Lewis Chessmen were found in 1830 at a sand dune in Penny Donald by a man named Calum an Sprot and are among some of the greatest treasures found in Scotland.
 
==Economy==
Ardroil is home to the [[Abhainn Dearg distillery]].
 
==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Ardroil}}
*[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/135005/details/lewis+ardoil/ Canmore - Lewis, Ardoil site record]
*[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/4058/details/lewis+ardoil/ Canmore - Lewis, Ardoil, Chess Pieces site record]
*[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/4059/details/lewis+ardoil/ Canmore - Lewis, Ardoil, Hut Circle site record]
 
{{Lewis and Harris}}
 
[[Category:Villages in the OuterIsle Hebridesof Lewis]]
 
 
{{WesternIsles-geo-stub}}
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