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  • ...ing it the tenth-largest island in the [[British Isles]]. The largest town and the islands’ capital is [[Kirkwall]] on Mainland.<ref>Lamb, Raymond "Kirk ...ialect and a rich inheritance of folklore. There is an abundance of marine and avian wildlife.
    51 KB (7,781 words) - 21:39, 29 January 2016
  • | constituency= Orkney and Shetland ...and, Orkney|Mainland]] where [[Scapa Flow]] opens to the Atlantic Ocean in Hoy Sound.
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  • |name=Hoy |picture=Hoy Cliffs.jpg
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  • ...h Ronaldsay]] and [[Hoy]]. It opens to the Atlantic Ocean in the Hoy Sound and the Sound of Hoxa in the south; the eastern sounds were blocked by the Chur ...st known as the site of the Royal Navy's chief base during First World War and Second World War. The base was closed in 1956.
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  • |map=Graemsay Orkney.svg |picture=Orkney Graemsay seen from Hoy.jpg
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  • [[File:Cavaorkney.jpg|left|thumb|200px|View from Cava towards Graemsay and Mainland]] ...d the skerry known as Barrel of Butter. To the south of Cava, between Fara and Rysa Little lies [[Gutter Sound]], the scene of the mass-scuttling of the i
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  • ...known as 'Ireland'. The mill is no longer grinding grain but provides bed and breakfast accommodation. ==Prehistory and history==
    3 KB (471 words) - 17:54, 6 December 2017