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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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