Ceabhaigh
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Ceabhaigh is a small island in an arm of Loch Ròg
Loch Ròg
Loch Ròg or Loch Roag is a sea loch on the west coast of Lewis, Outer Hebrides.The waters of Loch Roag are pristine and clear, and are today the source of farmed organic salmon and organic mussels...

 on the west coast of Lewis
Lewis
Lewis is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The total area of Lewis is ....

 in the Outer Hebrides
Outer Hebrides
The Outer Hebrides also known as the Western Isles and the Long Island, is an island chain off the west coast of Scotland. The islands are geographically contiguous with Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, one of the 32 unitary council areas of Scotland...

 of Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. It is about 25 hectares (61.8 acre) in extent. It is not known if the island was ever permanently inhabited.

It lies in Loch Ròg nan Ear (West Loch Roag) between the mainland village of Breasclete
Breasclete
Breasclete is a village and community on the west side of the Isle of Lewis, in Scotland.One of the main services in the village is Breasclete Primary School, which has a current total of 27 students...

 and the larger island of Great Bernera
Great Bernera
Great Bernera , often known just as Bernera is an island and community in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. With an area of just over , it is the thirty-fourth largest Scottish island....

 and just north of Eilean Chearstaidh
Eilean Chearstaidh
Eilean Kearstay is an uninhabited island in Loch Roag in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.It lies south east of Great Bernera, just across the water from the headland of Callanish....

. The little skerry
Skerry
A skerry is a small rocky island, usually defined to be too small for habitation. It may simply be a rocky reef. A skerry can also be called a low sea stack....

of Sgeir nan Cleibh lies just to the north.

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