Eynhallow Sound

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Eynhallow Sound

Eynhallow Sound is a sea channel amongst the Orkney islands, lying between Mainland, Orkney and the island of Rousay.

The tidal indraught in the Eynhallow Sound is "scarcely felt beyond a line joining Costa Head and the Reef of Quendale",[1] for which reason it is a useful seaway.

An Iron Age broch, Gurness, has a strategic outlook over the Eynhallow Sound.[2]

References

  1. "Tide Tables for the British and Irish Ports", 1863
  2. C.Michael Hogan, Gurness, The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham, 02 December 2007 [1]