Lochmaddy (Scottish Gaelic: Loch nam Madadh, "Loch of the wolves") is the administrative centre of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Lochmaddy sits at the end of a sea inlet (tairbeart) and, due to the rocky nature, is the only settlement of any size on the east coast — far from the villages in the more populous west of North Uist. Virtually the first mention anywhere of Lochmaddy is a complaint of "piracie and murder" in a report dated 1616: "Lochmaldie on the coast of Uist is… (More on Lochmaddy)