The Norse colonisation of the Uists proceeded through the 860s and 870s alongside the broader Norse subjugation of the Outer Hebrides. The fertile machair lands of the Uists attracted Norse settler-farmers who drove out or enslaved the Gaelic population. Norse place-names dominate the Uists and Norse archaeology confirms permanent Norse settlement established by the 870s.
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