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Orkney Day.

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Wikishire is where you are; whether you are on the Shetland islands or the South Shetland Islands, or the places between, Wikishire is a growing guide on all you need to know about the British and Irish lands.

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Today's featured image is:

South Ronadsay – the view of Scapa Flow, Orkney

South Ronaldsay South Ronaldsay is one of the islands of Orkney, in the south-east of the islands. It is linked to Mainland, Orkney by the Churchill Barriers which carry the road by way of Burray, Glimps Holm and Lamb Holm. It is the southernmost of the inhabited islands of Orkney, as North Ronaldsay coincidentally is the northernmost. The island's name, like that of almost all the islands, is from Old Norse, in which tongue it was known as Rognvaldsey; Rognvald's island, but far more ancient remains have been found here, back to the Stone Age. (Read more)

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