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Camas Uig

Coordinates:58°12′01″N7°01′01″W / 58.20028°N 7.01694°W /58.20028; -7.01694
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Bay on Isle of Lewis, Scotland

Camas Uig with Uig Sands in the foreground

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]

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  1. ^"National Scenic Areas in Scotland"(PDF).Scottish Natural Heritage. Archived fromthe original(pdf) on 19 July 2011. Retrieved24 August 2010.
  2. ^Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 297
  3. ^"The Uig Chessmen - The Vikings were here!". Uig and Bernera Development Group. Retrieved24 August 2010.
  4. ^"Uig Chessmen". Comann Eachdraidh Uig. Retrieved26 August 2010.
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