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samples have been taken, from the ears of some of the cattle that died. In the summer the main herd is usually in the centre of the island. By 2012 the herd had settled to an average of seventeen animals. This appears to be around the maximum number that the island can support. In 2017 The BBC
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The Swona Minor light was built in 1906 on the south west tip of Swona. It was originally a cast iron tower but was replaced by a reinforced concrete square tower sometime in the 1980s. The earlier Stroma
Lighthouse was built in 1896 and stands at the northern end of the Island of Stroma.
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1051:"Lighthouses of Scotland: Orkney"
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1318:(May 2021). "The Reclaimers".
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1112:on 27 September 2007
1096:"The Orkney Vikings"
1022:Orkneyjar ok Katanes
974:The Scottish Islands
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1084:Overview of Swona
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2466:Chicken Rock
2448:Minor lights
2428:Out Skerries
2365:Minor lights
2320:Cantick Head
2292:Minor lights
2282:Tiumpan Head
2178:Minor lights
2143:Scurdie Ness
2133:St Abbs Head
2123:Rattray Head
2043:Crammag Head
2028:Corran Point
1998:Ardnamurchan
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443:Focal height
438:1983 (first)
400:Power source
358:Construction
345:1906 (first)
239:Demographics
205:Council area
165:Island group
25:
2458:Isle of Man
2443:Ve Skerries
2418:Little Holm
2355:Start Point
2242:Neist Point
2212:Eilean Glas
2207:Dubh Artach
2168:Tarbat Ness
2163:Sule Skerry
2088:Isle of May
2073:Girdle Ness
2058:Dunnet Head
2013:Buchan Ness
1993:Ailsa Craig
1969:Lighthouses
1922:Orkney F.C.
1651:South Walls
1457:Glimps Holm
1424:South East
1275:17 February
1238:20 February
1144:17 February
1116:16 December
896:2011 census
435:Deactivated
395:white tower
342:Constructed
329: /
304:Coordinates
186:153
147: /
122:Coordinates
2506:Categories
2403:Firths Voe
2277:Skerryvore
2197:Barra Head
2148:Stoer Head
2108:North Rona
2018:Cape Wrath
1855:Witchcraft
1850:Scapa Flow
1840:Prehistory
1801:St Andrews
1611:Inner Holm
1437:Black Holm
888: 300
665:shipwrecks
550:whirlpools
545:tidal race
532:, west of
530:Scapa Flow
350:Foundation
314:58°44′15″N
262:References
245:Population
132:58°44′34″N
2413:Hoo Stack
2345:Noup Head
2272:Scarinish
2173:Turnberry
2113:Noss Head
2083:Inchkeith
2068:Fife Ness
2033:Corsewall
2008:Bell Rock
2003:Bass Rock
1820:Stromness
1745:Stromness
1692:Lamb Holm
1682:Eynhallow
1641:Shapinsay
1472:Lamb Holm
1452:Corn Holm
1344:30 August
1316:Flyn, Cal
929:14 August
871:Footnotes
743:Shorthorn
715:Gills Bay
706:' vessel
645:, in the
631:Old Norse
600:Gills Bay
522:Caithness
427:First lit
368:Automated
317:3°04′14″W
183:Area rank
135:3°03′29″W
35:Old Norse
2388:Eshaness
2375:Shetland
2360:Tor Ness
2325:Copinsay
2310:Auskerry
2287:Ushenish
2189:Hebrides
2023:Chanonry
1981:Scotland
1864:Politics
1816:Stenness
1811:Sandwick
1766:Deerness
1739:Kirkwall
1656:Stronsay
1596:Graemsay
1566:Auskerry
1560:Mainland
1447:Copinsay
1202:BBC News
1170:5 August
820:See also
814:seabirds
729:Wildlife
708:MV
685:Cal Flyn
526:Scottish
494:Scotland
471:Fl W 8s.
415:Operator
392:Markings
222:Scotland
114:ND387844
68:Location
2383:Bressay
2232:Lismore
2227:Hyskeir
2222:Haskeir
2128:Rubh Re
1971:of the
1845:History
1835:Geology
1796:Rendall
1661:Westray
1591:Gairsay
1581:Egilsay
1037:Canmore
763:seaweed
639:Swefney
625:History
602:, near
574:⁄
564:⁄
524:on the
217:Country
2302:Orkney
2267:Ruvaal
2247:Ornsay
2237:Monach
2158:Stroma
2118:Pladda
2048:Davaar
1828:Topics
1806:St Ola
1791:Orphir
1781:Harray
1761:Birsay
1697:Switha
1636:Sanday
1631:Rousay
1586:Flotta
1571:Burray
1536:Orkney
1442:Burray
1300:28 May
1208:11 May
1064:28 May
1008:
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723:Alfred
710:Alfred
695:
643:Svínoy
635:Svíney
588:Stroma
376:Height
169:Orkney
2408:Foula
2138:Sanda
2063:Fidra
1905:Sport
1776:Firth
1731:Towns
1702:Swona
1494:Swona
1467:Hunda
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751:feral
606:, to
486:Swona
451:Range
384:Shape
280:
92:Swona
29:Swona
2187:The
1786:Holm
1771:Evie
1666:Wyre
1576:Eday
1346:2024
1302:2021
1277:2024
1240:2011
1210:2023
1172:2021
1146:2024
1118:2007
1066:2016
1006:ISBN
979:ISBN
952:ISBN
931:2020
717:and
693:ISBN
657:Hood
615:SSSI
543:, a
520:and
371:1983
175:Area
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