Uig, also known as Sgìr' Ùig, is a civil parish and community in the west of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The Parish of Uig is one of the four civil parishes of the Isle of Lewis. It contains the districts of Carloway, East Uig, Bernera and West Uig. The name derives from the Norse word Vik meaning 'a bay'.
Uig Community Shop
Uig Lodge
Chessman standing on the Uig Dunes near the site where the Lewis Chessmen were discovered. The work was commissioned in 2006 and carved in oak by Stephen Hayward.
The Isle of Lewis or simply Lewis is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides archipelago in Scotland. The two parts are frequently referred to as if they were separate islands. The total area of Lewis is 683 square miles (1,770 km2).
The Callanish Stones
Two kings and two queens from the Lewis chessmen at the British Museum
Admiralty yacht HMY Iolaire (named as Amalthaea in 1908 photo).
Satellite photograph of Lewis and Harris