Keose

Keose is a settlement in the Kinloch community council area of the Western Isles, Scotland, in the civil parish of Lochs. It lies on the north shore of Loch Erisort. ^[1] The old Parish Church, serving the parish of Lochs, was erected in 1830 on an island in Keose bay, but is now in ruins. The adjacent township of Keose Glebe was formerly the glebe of the manse of the parish church, but after 1929 it was split into crofts. Near Keose on the Swordale peninsula are ruins of what Is probably the first post-Reformation church in the parish of Lochs. ^[2][3]

Keose Scottish Gaelic: Ceos
Free Church of Scotland Meeting house, Keose
Keose Location within the Outer Hebrides
Population	106 (2011)
Language	Scottish Gaelic Gaidhlig English
OS grid reference	NB371259
Civil parish	Lochs
Council area	Na h-Eileanan Siar
Lieutenancy area	Western Isles
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ISLE OF LEWIS
Postcode district	HS2
Dialling code	01851
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Scottish Parliament	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
List of places UK Scotland 58.10475°N 6.4839°W / 58.10475; -6.4839

Keose, Gaelic spelling Ceòs, is derived from the word "Hollow" in Old Norse. ^[4]

At the 2011 census, the population of Keose and Keose Glebe was 106. ^[5]