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• Caithness
  ...nted sediments of Lake Orcadie, which is believed to have stretched from [[Shetland]] to the Grampian hills during the Devonian period, about 370 million years ...rland]] is ''Cataibh'', from the Pictish ''Cait'''. The Old Irish name for Shetland in turn is ''Na h-Innse Cait''; the Isles of ''Cait''.
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• Cornwall
  ...t now found on land.<ref>Britain's only other example on an ophiolite, the Shetland ophiolite, is older, and linked to the Grampian Orogeny</ref> Much of the L ...Other tourist attractions include moorland, country gardens, historic and prehistoric sites and wooded valleys. Five million tourists visit Cornwall each year, m
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• Orkney
  [[File:Blaeu - Atlas of Scotland 1654 - ORCADVM ET SCHETLANDIÆ - Orkney and Shetland.jpg|right|thumb|260px|Blaeu's 1654 map]] ...tm?PropID=PL_244&PropName=Skara%20Brae%20Prehistoric%20Village "Skara Brae Prehistoric Village" ] Historic Scotland. Retrieved 3 February 2010.</ref> Other remain
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• Terminology of the British Isles
  ...housands of small islands off the coast of both the larger islands such as Shetland and Orkney. ...udes hundreds of small islands off the coast, such as Arran, the Hebrides, Shetland and Orkney. Scotland borders England to the south and is bounded by the Nor
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• Aberdeen
  |publisher=Aberdeen Accommodation Index|accessdate=2007-02-19}}</ref> when prehistoric villages lay around the mouths of the rivers [[River Dee, Aberdeenshire|Dee ...largest in the north of Scotland and as a ferry route to [[Orkney]] and [[Shetland]]. Established in 1136, it has been referred to as the oldest business in B
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• Kirkwall
  |constituency=Orkney and Shetland ...enth century town-houses, contains items of local historical interest. The prehistoric, Pictish and Viking collections are of international importance. The other
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• Great Britain
  ...from the surrounding archipelagoes, namely [[Anglesey]], [[Orkney]] and [[Shetland]]. ...s; the [[Hebrides]], the [[Isles of Scilly]], [[Orkney]] and further off [[Shetland]].
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• Mainland, Orkney
  ...an Lake existed on the edges of these eroding mountains, stretching from [[Shetland]] to the southern [[Moray Firth]].<ref>McKirdy, Alan Gordon, John & Crofts, [[File:Blaeu - Atlas of Scotland 1654 - ORCADVM ET SCHETLANDIÆ - Orkney and Shetland.jpg|thumb|Blaeu's 1654 map]]
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• British Isles
  ...of the other islands are to be found in the [[Hebrides]], [[Orkney]] and [[Shetland]] to the north, [[Anglesey]] and the Isle of Man between Great Britain and Domestic animals native to the islands include the mastiff, Connemara pony, Shetland pony, Irish wolfhound and several types of cattle and sheep.
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• Highlands
  ...h by cutting off the north-eastern part of [[Caithness]], [[Orkney]] and [[Shetland]] from the more Gaelic Highlands and Hebrides.<ref>See maps at [http://lady There have been trackways from the Lowlands to the Highlands since prehistoric times. Many traverse the [[Mounth]], a spur of mountainous land that extend
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• Foula
  |county=Shetland '''Foula''' ({{lang|non|Fuglaey}}, meaning "bird island") is an island of [[Shetland]]. It is one of the [[United Kingdom]]'s most remote permanently inhabited
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• Bigga
  |county=Shetland ...and of [[Shetland]] lying in the [[Sound of Yell]] between the [[Mainland, Shetland|Mainland]] and [[Yell]].
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• Vementry
  |county=Shetland ...last inhabited in the 1840s, and is now the largest uninhabited island of Shetland.
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• Antarctic Peninsula
  ...na (monkey puzzle) from Chile. They suggest that the adjacent parts of the prehistoric Antarctic Peninsula were covered by forests that grew in a cool and moist, ...ock outcrops within Alexander, James Ross, King George, Seymour, and South Shetland islands has yielded a record of the changes in terrestrial vegetation that
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• Gigha
  ...a has a long history, and has apparently been inhabited continuously since prehistoric times. It may have had an important role during the Kingdom of [[Dalriada]] Gigha has been inhabited continuously since prehistoric times, and there are several standing stones on the island. There are many
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• Cape Wrath
  ...Kinbrace]]. The record low of -6.9°C is comparable to those recorded on [[Shetland]], the [[Hebrides]] and the [[Isles of Scilly]]. A slight fohn effect can a ...ort at Eilean nan Coarach to the east of the headland may date to the late prehistoric age.<ref name=aote /><ref name=caorach>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/sit
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• Mousa Broch
  {{county|Shetland}} ...Antiq. Scot.'' '''111''' pp. 220-228.</ref> and amongst the best-preserved prehistoric buildings in Britain or indeed in Europe.<ref>Armit (2003) p. 15.</ref>
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• Hebrides
  ...8.</ref><ref>[http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/research/cladh-hallan "The Prehistoric Village at Cladh Hallan"]. University of Sheffield. Retrieved 21 February 2 ...ayment of 100 marks. The treaty also confirmed Norwegian sovereignty over Shetland and Orkney.
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• Tingwall, Shetland
  |county=Shetland '''Tingwall''' is a parish in [[Shetland]], mostly on [[Mainland, Shetland|Mainland]], and the designation of a hamlet by the [[Loch of Tingwall]] her
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• Calf of Eday
  ...rated by the [[Calf Sound]]. The island is known for its wildlife and its prehistoric ruins. ...ney and Shetland.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Johan Blaeu's 1654 map of Orkney and Shetland, with the "Calf of Heth Øy", if transposed in position]]
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