Camas Uig (Uig Bay) is a bay on the west coast of theIsle of Lewis, in theOuter Hebrides of Scotland.
The bay contains a variety of small islets including Fraoch Eilean, Leac Holm, Sgeir a' Chàis, Sgeir Liath, Sgeir Sheilibhig, Tom and Tolm.
Camas Uig is in theparish of Uig and is part of theSouth Lewis, Harris and North Uist National Scenic Area.[1]
In 1831, the 12th-centuryLewis Chessmen were discovered in a small stone structure in the dunes behind the beach nearArdroil.[2][3] Two large wooden chessmen, carved by Stephen Hayward, stand outside a museum on themachair at Ardroil, near where the hoard was found.[4]
58°12′01″N7°01′01″W / 58.20028°N 7.01694°W /58.20028; -7.01694