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Corn Holm | |
![]() Corn Holm from Copinsay, with Black Holm beyond it | |
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Location: | 58°54’4"N, 2°41’55"W |
Grid reference: | HY59850174 |
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Corn Holm is a small tidal island in Orkney, near Copinsay to the west. It is an island rich in bird life.
Uninhabited today, there was once a small chapel here [1]
Geography and geology
Corn Holm is made up of red sandstone[1].
At low tide Corn Holm is connected to Black Holm and Ward Holm, and is connected to Copinsay by a stretch called "Isle Rough". The sections north and south of Isle Rough are known as North and South Bay.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 1841954543.
Islands of Orkney |
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