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that was expected to continue as the sector was "severely impacted for as long as physical distancing and travel restrictions". A scheme called A Support for businesses - Island
Equivalent was introduced by the Scottish government in early 2021 to financially assist hospitality and retail businesses "affected by Level 3 coronavirus restrictions". Previous schemes in 2020 included the Strategic Framework Business Fund and the Coronavirus Business Support Fund.
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332:. The term eventually fell out of widespread use by the early 1800s, yet has aided in differentiating the "Isle of Pomona" from "Mainland Scotland" by emigrants to Canada, England, and other regions, so clings on tenaciously and can still be rarely found locally, retained in the name of the Pomona Inn at
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during 2020 and into 2021. A September 2020 report stated that "The
Highlands and Islands region has been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic to date, when compared to Scotland and the UK as a whole". The industry required short-term support for "business survival and recovery" and
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The economic sectors include agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture as well as oil and gas. A 2020 report states that "over the last 20 years there has been a growth in ... manufacturing, tourism, food and drink processing and, more recently, renewable energy". Tourism is certainly significant with
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Seventy-five per cent of Orkney's population live on the island, which is more densely populated than the other islands of the archipelago. The lengthy history of the island's occupation has provided numerous important archaeological sites and the sandstone bedrock provides a platform for fertile
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The
Churchill Barriers are a series of four causeways with a total length of 1.5 miles (2.4 km). They link the south of Mainland in the north to the island of South Ronaldsay via Burray and the two smaller islands of Lamb Holm and Glimps Holm. On 14 October 1939, the Royal Navy battleship
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Mainland effectively provides the core of the Orkney
Islands, linking the northern members of the archipelago with the southern ones. At the east, and west ends, islands proceed to the north and south, somewhat in the shape of an "X". The western part of the island is part of the
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Stromness is of relatively recent origin, being first recorded as the site of an inn in the 16th century, although the name is of Norse origin. Stromness became important during the late 17th century, when
England was at war with France and shipping was forced to avoid the
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ordered the construction of permanent barriers. They now serve as road links, carrying the A961. Work began in May 1940 and the barriers were completed in
September 1944, but were not officially opened until 12 May 1945, four days after the end of World War II in Europe.
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settlers comprehensively occupied Orkney, and
Mainland became a possession of Norway until being given to Scotland during the 15th century as part of a dowry settlement. Evidence of the Viking presence is widespread, and includes the site of a settlement at the
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Kirkwall, the capital of the islands, is on the isthmus between west
Mainland and east Mainland, which historically enabled it to have highly active harbours facing in two directions for the southern and northern Orkney Islands; the southern one,
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Finstown is the third largest settlement, and used to be known as the "Toon o' Firth". The origin of its name is thought to be from an
Irishman named David Phin who came to the area in 1811. It is on the direct Stromness to Kirkwall road.
570:, Stromness has a population of approximately 2,200 residents. The old town is clustered along the main street, flanked with houses and shops built from local stone, with narrow lanes and alleys branching off it. There is a ferry link to
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Ferries serve both to link Orkney to the rest of
Scotland, and also to link together the various islands of the Orkney archipelago. Ferry services operate between Orkney and the Scottish Mainland and Shetland on the following routes:
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lie west of Kirkwall and east of the westernmost parishes. Harray has the unique distinction of being the only landlocked parish in Orkney, although it too has a significant coast along the Loch of Harray, albeit a freshwater one.
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The climate is remarkably temperate and steady for such a northerly latitude. The average temperature for the year is 8 °C (46 °F), for winter 4 °C (39 °F) and for summer 12 °C (54 °F).
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There are numerous smaller Orkney islands surrounding the mainland, some which are islets only separated at higher stages of the tide, or skerries which are only exposed at lower stages of the tide. These include
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The Lower Old Red Sandstone is represented by well-bedded flagstones over most of the islands; in the south of Mainland these are faulted against an overlying series of massive red sandstones.
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Mainland contains the vast majority of the island's roads, and is also connected to those on the main south east islands, such as South Ronaldsay and Burray thanks to the Churchill Barriers.
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The average annual rainfall varies from 850 to 940 mm (33 to 37 in). Fogs occur during summer and early autumn, and furious gales may be expected four or five times in the year.
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Many indications of glacial action exist in the form of striated surfaces in Kirkwall Bay, with boulder clay with marine shells, and many boulders of rocks foreign to the islands made of
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1183:) found only in the Orkney archipelago. It may have been introduced by early settlers about 4,000 years ago. Brown hares and rabbits can be found and there are frogs, but no toads.
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Farmland at Yesnaby. Much of Orkney was improved and drained during the 18th and 19th century, giving the islands the green appearance that they often have today.
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from 28 December 2020 to 24 January 2021, businesses in Level 3 island areas, including Shetland, can now apply for a payment of £2,000 or £3,000
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The other islands in the Orkney Islands are generally classified as north or south of the Mainland. The exceptions are the remote islets of
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There are six hundred recorded species of plant on the Orkney Mainland. Two rarities to be found here are the oyster plant (
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had entered Scapa Flow through Holm Sound, one of several eastern entrances to Scapa Flow. To prevent further attacks,
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in Shetland. Most of the scheduled flights within Orkney depart/arrive at Kirkwall from one of the other islands.
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The population in 2011 was recorded as 17,162, an increase of just over 12% on the 2001 population of 15,315.
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Two services also connect Caithness, with South Ronaldsay, which is in turn connected to Mainland by road.
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in the parish of Firth, as well as a local café in the capital of Kirkwall also known as the Pomona.
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was sunk at her moorings within the natural harbour of Scapa Flow, by the German U-boat
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1737:"The Impact of COVID-19 On the Highlands and Islands"
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There are few wild land mammals although there is an
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1882:"Islanders see a brighter future with tunnel vision"
1766:"Support for businesses - Island Equivalent Payment"
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period. These thick deposits accumulated as earlier
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891:inscriptions at Maeshowe and other ancient sites.
1224:, explorer, naturalist and philologist (Kirkwall)
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2733:Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site
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984:There are ideas being discussed to build the
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3015:A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
2999:Description of the Western Isles of Scotland
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1534:Landranger Maps (2002). "Sheet No.6" (map).
1298:, professor of medical jurisprudence at the
1075:to Stromness (operated by NorthLink Ferries)
1012:provides services to the Scottish Mainland (
872:, a manor house and museum near Skara Brae.
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1973:. Scottish Natural Heritage. Archived from
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97:Map of Orkney Islands, mainland highlighted
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1148:because it supports populations of
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2893:Rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles
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3909:Scarba, Lunga and the Garvellachs
2482:Orcadian Women's Suffrage Society
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1880:David Lister (5 September 2005).
1849:"Orkney Sunrise and Sunset Times"
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1249:Reminiscences of an Orkney Parish
1240:Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney
972:Transportation and infrastructure
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3202:Highlands and Islands Enterprise
2921:Treaty of Ardtornish-Westminster
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1438:93 permanently inhabited islands
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1948:. BirdLife International. 2024
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807:History of the Orkney Islands
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2777:Zenith of Iron Age Shetland
2759:Standing Stones of Stenness
1908:John Ross (10 March 2005).
1621:. BuyOrkney. Archived from
1619:"Orkney Guide Book - Firth"
1417:Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 334
1386:List of islands of Scotland
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839:Standing Stones of Stenness
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2576:
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2339:
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2128:
1059:to Kirkwall (operated by
824:Heart of Neolithic Orkney
765:History and notable sites
407:, one of 40 in Scotland.
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3440:Shetland Islands Council
3400:West Highland Free Press
1770:Shetland Islands Council
1551:Buchanan, George (1582)
1536:www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk
1510:. Edinburgh: Canongate.
1391:List of places in Orkney
1035:
267:, is the main island of
3780:Highland Boundary Fault
3693:Yesnaby Sandstone Group
3363:Free Church of Scotland
3330:Orkney Heritage Society
1942:"Orkney Mainland Moors"
1834:Encyclopædia Britannica
1644:"National Scenic Areas"
1373:Scottish islands portal
1300:University of Edinburgh
1230:, psychiatrist (Birsay)
1140:has been designated an
1044:NorthLink Ferries - MV
976:
883:, the vast majority of
434:lie on the west coast,
314:
308:
299:The name Mainland is a
75:
60:
4317:Orkneyinga saga places
4137:Ben Nevis and Glen Coe
3964:Ben Nevis and Glen Coe
3877:Ben Nevis and Glen Coe
3445:Orkney Islands Council
3284:Shetland Amenity Trust
3080:Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba
2944:Buckquoy spindle-whorl
2462:Orkney Islands Council
2131:List of Orkney islands
1828:"Orkney Islands"
1222:William Balfour Baikie
1146:BirdLife International
1121:
1102:Orkney Islands Council
1048:
995:
946:
798:
788:
776:
722:
710:List of Orkney islands
604:
522:
383:connect the island to
170:Orkney Islands Council
45:
4191:Eildon and Leaderfoot
4119:Hoy and West Mainland
4021:North West Sutherland
3919:Dumfries and Galloway
3830:National scenic areas
3714:Great Estuarine Group
3586:North Ronaldsay sheep
3279:Peerie Willie Johnson
3064:Scottish island names
2958:18th and 19th Century
2908:Lordship of the Isles
2888:Scandinavian Scotland
1797:. Edinburgh. Birlinn.
1603:"Pomona or Mainland?"
1476:(Report). SG/2013/126
1296:Thomas Stewart Traill
1274:, antiquarian, (Evie)
1262:, writer, (Stromness)
1254:Rögnvald Kali Kolsson
1115:
1100:, a company owned by
1043:
944:
920:under the command of
796:Earl's Palace, Birsay
794:
782:
772:
717:
602:
517:
3927:East Stewartry Coast
3773:Islands of the Clyde
3559:Domesticated animals
3519:St Kilda field mouse
3315:Peter Maxwell Davies
2880:Kingdom of the Isles
2769:Prehistoric Shetland
2668:Islands of the Forth
2663:Islands of the Clyde
2026:on 28 September 2007
1507:The Scottish Islands
1268:, writer, (Kirkwall)
1236:, painter (Kirkwall)
1210:Primula scandinavica
901:Hudson's Bay Company
860:and the ruin of the
858:St. Magnus Cathedral
851:Barnhouse Settlement
556:St. Magnus Cathedral
18:The Mainland, Orkney
4282:Scotland portal
4254:West Dunbartonshire
3729:Lorne plateau lavas
3576:Hebridean Blackface
3368:Iain Crichton Smith
3310:George Mackay Brown
3197:Crofters Commission
2898:Bishop of the Isles
2555:Islands of Scotland
2073: /
1999:"Caithness plants:
1440:were listed in the
1338:Sea Arch at Yesnaby
1260:George Mackay Brown
1171:sub-species of the
1142:Important Bird Area
962:darkness is unknown
831:World Heritage Site
704:Surrounding islands
442:to the north west.
275:. Both of Orkney's
34:
4078:South Uist Machair
4065:Na h-Eileanan Siar
3550:Shetland Mouse-ear
3335:St Magnus Festival
2725:Prehistoric Orkney
2673:Freshwater Islands
2308:South East islands
2303:South West islands
2298:North East islands
2293:North West islands
2187:Holm of Grimbister
1980:on 26 October 2007
1946:BirdLife Data Zone
1746:. 1 September 2021
1717:. 1 September 2020
1649:2017-03-11 at the
1538:. Ordnance Survey.
1462:(15 August 2013).
1396:Mainland, Shetland
1189:Mertensia maritima
1150:red-throated loons
1122:
1083:St Margaret's Hope
1049:
947:
803:Prehistoric Orkney
799:
789:
777:
744:Holm of Grimbister
723:
605:
523:
381:Churchill Barriers
228:Largest settlement
220:Population density
121:Physical geography
32:
4289:
4288:
4129:Perth and Kinross
3991:Glen Strathfarrar
3796:
3795:
3792:
3791:
3788:
3787:
3739:Moine Thrust Belt
3719:Hebridean Terrane
3675:Geology of Orkney
3638:
3637:
3634:
3633:
3545:Scottish Primrose
3477:
3476:
3473:
3472:
3433:Local authorities
3413:
3412:
3409:
3408:
3351:Compton Mackenzie
3320:F. Marian McNeill
3242:
3241:
3238:
3237:
3129:
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3125:
3124:
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3033:
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2936:Earldom of Orkney
2836:
2835:
2832:
2831:
2695:
2694:
2691:
2690:
2521:
2520:
2340:Mainland parishes
2138:Inhabited islands
1922:on 19 August 2007
1772:. 2 February 2021
1691:on 10 August 2012
1517:978-1-84195-454-7
1381:Geology of Orkney
1194:Scottish primrose
1061:NorthLink Ferries
1028:), as well as to
930:Winston Churchill
864:in Kirkwall, the
671:oolitic limestone
641:metamorphic rocks
609:Old Red Sandstone
489:COVID-19 pandemic
253:
252:
152:Highest elevation
108:OS grid reference
76:Megenland/Hrossey
16:(Redirected from
4324:
4302:Mainland, Orkney
4280:
4279:
4278:
4183:Scottish Borders
3823:
3816:
3809:
3800:
3799:
3734:Moine Supergroup
3724:Lewisian complex
3665:Geopark Shetland
3655:
3654:
3644:
3643:
3540:Arran whitebeams
3494:
3493:
3483:
3482:
3455:Highland Council
3430:
3429:
3419:
3418:
3325:Kirkwall Ba game
3259:
3258:
3248:
3247:
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3135:
3134:
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2970:Jacobite risings
2853:
2852:
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2809:Callanish Stones
2721:
2720:
2710:
2709:
2703:
2678:Outlying Islands
2574:
2573:
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2562:
2548:
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2498:Kirkwall Ba game
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1899:
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1894:
1877:
1871:
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1866:
1861:on 11 March 2008
1857:. Archived from
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1234:Stanley Cursiter
1154:short-eared owls
1087:Pentland Ferries
1030:Sumburgh Airport
1002:Kirkwall Airport
881:Brough of Birsay
732:Brough of Birsay
728:Barrel of Butter
677:, &c. Local
635:to the southern
552:Bishop of Orkney
496:Main settlements
375:. To the south,
317:
311:
259:, also known as
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116:
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63:
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4200:
4196:Upper Tweeddale
4177:
4123:
4105:
4087:
4059:
4040:
3941:
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3864:Argyll and Bute
3858:
3836:
3827:
3797:
3784:
3768:
3697:
3669:
3649:
3630:
3601:Shetland cattle
3554:
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3460:Argyll and Bute
3424:
3405:
3372:
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3298:
3253:
3234:
3211:
3180:
3140:
3121:
3085:
3048:
3029:
2992:Orkneyinga Saga
2979:
2975:Flora MacDonald
2953:
2930:
2916:Treaty of Perth
2902:
2874:
2847:
2828:
2819:Rubha an Dùnain
2797:
2763:
2749:Ring of Brodgar
2744:Ness of Brodgar
2715:
2704:
2687:
2651:
2609:
2568:
2557:
2552:
2522:
2517:
2486:
2457:Earls of Orkney
2445:
2409:
2335:
2312:
2256:
2232:South Ronaldsay
2202:North Ronaldsay
2133:
2124:
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2075:
2072:
2067:
2064:
2062:
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1657:
1651:Wayback Machine
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1625:on 17 July 2007
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1315:
1228:Thomas Clouston
1218:
1206:Primula stricta
1198:Primula scotica
1110:
1108:Flora and fauna
1038:
998:
979:
974:
939:
899:. Ships of the
897:English Channel
862:Bishop's Palace
843:Ring of Brodgar
819:constructions.
809:
801:Main articles:
767:
712:
706:
643:of the eastern
597:
512:
500:Main articles:
498:
481:
422:on the island.
416:
389:South Ronaldsay
371:being known as
342:
330:George Buchanan
297:
223:32.80 people/km
212:Population rank
187:Sovereign state
112:
96:
83:Meaning of name
39:Scottish Gaelic
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4093:North Ayrshire
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3709:Colonsay Group
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1269:
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3611:Shetland pony
3609:
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3597:
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3592:
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3566:Cairn Terrier
3564:
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3557:
3551:
3548:
3546:
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3538:
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3531:
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3524:St Kilda wren
3522:
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3514:Shetland wren
3512:
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3274:Thomas Fraser
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3937:Nith Estuary
3932:Fleet Valley
3904:Lynn of Lorn
3899:Loch na Keal
3581:Luing cattle
3571:Eriskay Pony
3398:
3384:Islay whisky
3355:
3217:Oil industry
3078:
3021:
3013:
3005:
2997:
2990:
2814:Dun Carloway
2793:Old Scatness
2323:
2273:Helliar Holm
2212:Papa Westray
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2144:
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2028:. Retrieved
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1915:The Scotsman
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1854:The Orcadian
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1180:
1166:
1158:hen harriers
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1045:
999:
983:
980:
966:shortest day
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870:Skaill House
855:
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785:Carta Marina
752:
748:Thieves Holm
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625:Lake Orcadie
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198:Demographics
166:Council area
126:Island group
29:
4262:Loch Lomond
4232:Loch Lomond
4149:Loch Tummel
4101:North Arran
4036:Wester Ross
4031:Trotternish
4026:Small Isles
3986:Glen Affric
3893:Loch Lomond
3764:Torridonian
3509:Orkney vole
3289:Up Helly Aa
2508:Orkney F.C.
2237:South Walls
2080: /
1442:2011 census
1177:Orkney vole
1173:common vole
958:longest day
885:place names
755:Sule Skerry
692:as well as
637:Moray Firth
397:Glimps Holm
4296:Categories
4162:St Fillans
4154:River Earn
4054:Cairngorms
4011:Loch Shiel
3970:Cairngorms
3683:Eday Group
3621:Soay sheep
3230:Sullom Voe
2984:Literature
2965:Clearances
2754:Skara Brae
2714:Prehistory
2683:Sea Stacks
2441:Witchcraft
2436:Scapa Flow
2426:Prehistory
2387:St Andrews
2197:Inner Holm
1776:6 February
1750:6 February
1721:6 February
1715:Orkney.com
1679:"Parishes"
1434: 300
1350:Brough of
1302:(Kirkwall)
1278:Edwin Muir
1245:John Firth
1192:) and the
1126:Corncrakes
847:Skara Brae
774:Skara Brae
759:Sule Stack
548:Scapa Flow
452:St Andrews
301:corruption
247:References
204:Population
4168:River Tay
3854:Lochnagar
3176:Stromness
3171:Stornoway
3047:Etymology
3026:(Boswell)
3018:(Johnson)
2926:Finlaggan
2857:Dál Riata
2567:Geography
2406:Stromness
2331:Stromness
2278:Lamb Holm
2268:Eynhallow
2227:Shapinsay
1984:1 January
1952:31 August
1887:The Times
1711:"Economy"
1480:14 August
1402:Footnotes
1144:(IBA) by
1079:Gills Bay
1073:Scrabster
1026:Inverness
1018:Edinburgh
990:Shapinsay
911:Royal Oak
835:Maes Howe
813:Neolithic
576:Caithness
572:Scrabster
562:Stromness
531:Stromness
519:Stromness
506:Stromness
432:Stromness
393:Lamb Holm
377:causeways
369:peninsula
340:Geography
309:Meginland
305:Old Norse
295:Etymology
285:Stromness
215:3
147:6
144:Area rank
69:Old Norse
4224:Stirling
4214:Shetland
4206:Shetland
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