Little Bernera
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| Location | |
  Little Bernera
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| Little Bernera shown within Scotland. | |
| OS grid reference: | NB142410 |
| Names | |
| Gaelic name: | Bearnaraigh Beag |
| Norse name: | bjarnar-øy |
| Meaning of name: | Bjørn's island, from Norse |
| Area and Summit | |
| Area: | 138 ha |
| Area rank: | 130= |
| Highest elevation: | 41 m |
| Population | |
| Population (2001): | 0
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| Groupings | |
| Island Group: | Lewis |
| Local Authority: | Outer Hebrides |
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| References: | [1][2][3][4] |
| If shown, area and population ranks are for all Scottish islands and all inhabited Scottish islands respectively. | |
Little Bernera (Scottish Gaelic: Bearnaraigh Beag) is a small island situated off the west coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides.
Little Bernera lies between the sea lochs of West and East Loch Roag, immediately to the north of Great Bernera. The island rises to a height of 42m (137 feet) and has an area of 138 ha.
A few centuries ago, the island was the place where people of Carloway were buried, before a cemetery was built in that village. Today, gravestones can still be seen on the island, but are beginning to disappear into the ground.
At Traigh an Teampaill, there is a ruined chapel and small graveyard.
Footnotes
- ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
- ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate.
- ^ Ordnance Survey
- ^ Iain Mac an Tailleir. "Placenames" (PDF). Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved on 2007-07-25.
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Coordinates: 58°15′55″N 6°52′24″W / 58.26528, -6.87333
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