North Ronaldsay (/ˈrɒnəltsiː/, also /ˈrɒnəldziː/, Scots: North Ronalshee) is the northernmost island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland. With an area...
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The North Ronaldsay or Orkney is a breed of sheep from North Ronaldsay, the northernmost island of Orkney, off the north coast of Scotland. It belongs...
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Islands in the British Isles are named Ronaldsay: North Ronaldsay, the northernmost of the Orkney Islands South Ronaldsay, the southernmost of the Orkney Islands...
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North Ronaldsay Airport (IATA: NRL, ICAO: EGEN) is located on North Ronaldsay island, 28 NM (52 km; 32 mi) northeast by north of Kirkwall, Orkney Islands...
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North Ronaldsay Lighthouse was built in 1852 on the island of North Ronaldsay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, 43 years after Dennis Head Old Beacon was...
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South Ronaldsay (/ˈrɒnəltsiː/, also /ˈrɒnəldziː/, Scots: Sooth Ronalshee) is one of the Orkney Islands off the north coast of Scotland. It is linked to...
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Fair Isle (redirect from Fair Isle North Lighthouse)
miles) from North Ronaldsay (the most northerly island of Orkney). The entire archipelago lies off the northernmost coast of Scotland, in the North Sea. As...
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coordinates) Shown in clockwise order round the island, starting from the north. Note: North Bay is listed twice, once under Hoy and once under South Walls. It...
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Orkney (section The North Isles)
and St Ola North Ronaldsay Orphir Papa Westray Rousay, Egilsay, Wyre and Gairsay St Andrews and Deerness Sanday Shapinsay South Ronaldsay and Burray Stromness...
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In his study, he included a version collected from a resident of North Ronaldsay, in which a "goodman of Wastness", a confirmed bachelor, falls in love...
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Beatrice Garvie (section North Ronaldsay)
doctor who is known for her photography on the Scottish island of North Ronaldsay. She was one of the first women to become a doctor in Scotland and...
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to Bow Head, across to Mull Head (North point of Papa Westray) and on to Seal Skerry (North point of North Ronaldsay) and thence to Horse Island (South...
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Kinnaird Head Mull of Kintyre North Ronaldsay Eilean Glas Pladda Pentland Skerries Cloch Point Inchkeith Start Point, Sanday Little Cumbrae Thomas Smith...
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Northern European Enclosure Dam (redirect from North European Enclosure Dam)
tip Tofts Ness, the 4 km wide and 20 m deep North Ronaldsay Firth is crossed to Strom Ness on North Ronaldsay, the northernmost of the Orkney Islands. The...
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Newcastle International Airport Base Newquay Newquay Airport North Ronaldsay North Ronaldsay Airport Norwich Norwich Airport Papa Westray Papa Westray Airport...
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Scotland, such as the Scottish Fold cat, which dates from 1961. The North Ronaldsay Sheep is a most unusual breed, subsisting largely on a diet of seaweed...
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West Loch Roag Vacasay East Loch Roag North Rona Sulisker Eilean Colm Cille Hoy North Ronaldsay South Ronaldsay Sanday Westray Rousay Gairsay Eday Auskerry...
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Orkney-Cromarty type. These include the Tomb of the Eagles at Isbister on South Ronaldsay, and Taversoe Tuick and Midhowe on Rousay. Unstan ware has been found...
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on the Orkney Mainland, also serving either Rapness on Westray, or North Ronaldsay. There are also occasional summer Sunday excursions. Britten-Norman...
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Isle of May Landguard Bird Observatory, Landguard North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory, North Ronaldsay Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre, Portland...
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about 40 years for radiocarbon results from the south as compared to the north. This is because the greater surface area of ocean in the southern hemisphere...
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Orkney, "wick" is common. Orkney Islands Bay of Firth (Firth, Orkney) North Ronaldsay Firth Stronsay Firth Westray Firth Wide Firth Shetland Islands (Mainland)...
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Paplay, South Ronaldsay Paplay, Holm, Mainland Papdale, an early name for Kirkwall Papleyhouse on Eday and Steevens of Papay on North Ronaldsay may not be...
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In some cases such as North Ronaldsay this status may not be obvious (it isn't named after a "Ronald", unlike South Ronaldsay). This list omits names...
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of which are now extinct (some do survive, such as the Shetland and North Ronaldsay). The Dunfaces kept in the Hebrides were very small, with white faces...
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Leeds & Bradford Aberdeen Oban Benbecula Barra Campbeltown Coll Colonsay Ronaldsay Inverness Dundee Sumburgh Eday Edinburgh Fair Isle Islay Sanday Foula...
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Boreray sheep Castlemilk Moorit Cheviot sheep Hebridean sheep North Country Cheviot North Ronaldsay sheep Scottish Blackface Scottish Dunface Shetland sheep...
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Borders of the oceans (section North Atlantic Ocean)
to Bow Head, across to Mull Head (North point of Papa Westray) and on to Seal Skerry (North point of North Ronaldsay) and thence to Horse Island (South...
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breeds descended from the Dunface include the Boreray and also the North Ronaldsay and the Shetland. In the mid-eighteenth century the crofters' sheep...
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rise to or contributing to existing breeds including the Shetland, North Ronaldsay, Hebridean and Boreray. The Scottish Dunface was a short-tailed sheep...
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