Little Bernera

Infobox Scottish island |
latitude=58.27
longitude=-6.87
GridReference=NB142410
celtic name=Bearnaraigh Beag
norse name=bjarnar-øy
meaning of name="Bjørn's island", from Norse
area=138 ha
area rank= 130=
highest elevation= 41 m
Population=0
population rank=
main settlement=
island group=Lewis
local authority=Outer Hebrides
references= [2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland] cite book| author=Haswell-Smith, Hamish| date=2004| title=The Scottish Islands| location=Edinburgh| publisher=Canongate| isbn=] [ [http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ Ordnance Survey] ] [cite web| url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/language/gaelic/pdfs/placenamesA-B.pdf| title=Placenames| author=Iain Mac an Tailleir| publisher=Pàrlamaid na h-Alba| accessdate=2007-07-25]

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.

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