Birsay (/ˈbʌrsiː/) (Old Norse: Birgisherað) is a parish in the north west corner of The Mainland of Orkney, Scotland. Almost all the land in the parish...

The Brough of Birsay is an uninhabited tidal island off the north-west coast of The Mainland of Orkney, Scotland, in the parish of Birsay. It is located...

The Earl's Palace in Birsay, Orkney, Scotland, is a ruined 16th-century castle. It was built by Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney (1533–1593), illegitimate...

Birsay, Saskatchewan is an unincorporated community in southern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located in the Rural Municipality of Coteau No. 255. Prior...

St Magnus Church, Birsay is a 17th-century church located in the parish of Birsay on Mainland, Orkney in Scotland. Built in 1664 on the site of an earlier...

2001 population of 15,315. There are 13 parishes on the island. Sandwick, Birsay and Stromness lie on the west coast, Rendall and Evie to the north west...

Twatt is a settlement in the parish of Birsay on the Mainland of Orkney, Scotland. It was previously the location of RNAS Twatt (HMS Tern), 1940–1949....

Harald Robert Leslie, Lord Birsay (8 May 1905 – 27 November 1982) was a Scottish lawyer and judge, and Chairman of the Scottish Land Court. Leslie was...

Court of the Lord Lyon. The chosen design was that of Duncan Tullock of Birsay, which polled 53% of the 200 votes cast by the public. The colours red and...

The Kitchener Memorial is a 48 ft tower war memorial in Birsay, Orkney Islands, erected after the sinking of British cruiser HMS Hampshire. In June 1916...

identified with the Romanesque ruins on the tidal island known as Brough of Birsay, but there is also evidence that it was located over in the Mainland next...

The small island of Auskerry has no bays. The tidal island of Brough of Birsay has no bays. Map this section's coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download...

The unmanned Brough of Birsay Lighthouse lighthouse was built in 1925 by David A Stevenson. It is located on the Brough of Birsay, an uninhabited tidal...

Scottish–Norwegian War (1262-66) Scotland Norway Archaeology Bornish Birsay Bishop's Palace Brough of Birsay Camas Uig Cubbie Roo's Castle Earl's Bu Jarlshof Kirkwall...

Viking presence is widespread and includes the settlement at the Brough of Birsay, the vast majority of place names, and the runic inscriptions at Maeshowe...

Macrae; renumbered 8th in 1877, moved to Kirkwall 1886 10th (Birsay) OAV – formed at Birsay, Mainland, 2 March 1877 under Capt William J. Isbister; renumbered...

796 people. The islands were originally divided into 21 civil parishes: Birsay and Harray, Cross and Burness (on Sanday), Eday, Evie and Rendall, Firth...

Caithness, near Dunnet Head Brough, Shetland Brough, Yell, Shetland Brough of Birsay, a tidal island and lighthouse, Orkney Islands Brough (surname) Brough Motorcycles...

Edition. University of Toronto Press. pp. 184–185. ISBN 978-1442698796. Birsay, Cem (2007). "The Integration of Regional Efforts for Strengthening Stability...

miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) off Mainland in the Orkney Islands between Brough of Birsay and Marwick Head at 19:40 on 5 June when an explosion occurred and she heeled...

Hebrides, joined to North Uist Bernera Island, joined to Lismore Brough of Birsay in Orkney, joined to Orkney Mainland Castle Stalker on Loch Laich in Argyll...

Road. The new streets were named after the Scottish islands: Berneray, Birsay, Castlebay, Cathay, Egilsay, Longay, Mingulay, Ornsay, Raasay, Ronaldsay...

The 'Kirk' of Kirkwall was not the cathedral (which was originally at Birsay), but the 11th-century church of Saint Olaf of Norway. One late medieval...

Scottish–Norwegian War (1262-66) Scotland Norway Archaeology Bornish Birsay Bishop's Palace Brough of Birsay Camas Uig Cubbie Roo's Castle Earl's Bu Jarlshof Kirkwall...

This is a list of listed buildings in the parish of Birsay And Harray, in Orkney, Scotland. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates...

Scottish–Norwegian War (1262-66) Scotland Norway Archaeology Bornish Birsay Bishop's Palace Brough of Birsay Camas Uig Cubbie Roo's Castle Earl's Bu Jarlshof Kirkwall...

cairn Westray Wife Wideford Hill chambered cairn Iron Age Sites Brough of Birsay Broch of Borwick Broch of Burrian Broch of Gurness Burroughston Broch Midhowe...

Scottish–Norwegian War (1262-66) Scotland Norway Archaeology Bornish Birsay Bishop's Palace Brough of Birsay Camas Uig Cubbie Roo's Castle Earl's Bu Jarlshof Kirkwall...

Berstane Bimbister Birsay Boloquoy Bow Braehead, Orkney Braeswick Breckquoy Brims Brinian Brinkie's Brae Brinyan Brough of Birsay Broughton Broughtown...

striking him on the head with an axe. Magnus was buried in the Christchurch at Birsay. The rocky area around his grave miraculously became a green field, and...