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...
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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...
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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...
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Birsay, Saskatchewan is an unincorporated community in southern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located in the Rural Municipality of Coteau No. 255. Prior...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Caithness, near Dunnet Head Brough, Shetland Brough, Yell, Shetland Brough of Birsay, a tidal island and lighthouse, Orkney Islands Brough (surname) Brough Motorcycles...
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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...
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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...
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796 people. The islands were originally divided into 21 civil parishes: Birsay and Harray, Cross and Burness (on Sanday), Eday, Evie and Rendall, Firth...
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Edition. University of Toronto Press. pp. 184–185. ISBN 978-1442698796. Birsay, Cem (2007). "The Integration of Regional Efforts for Strengthening Stability...
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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...
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This is a list of listed buildings in the parish of Birsay And Harray, in Orkney, Scotland. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates...
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Berstane Bimbister Birsay Boloquoy Bow Braehead, Orkney Braeswick Breckquoy Brims Brinian Brinkie's Brae Brinyan Brough of Birsay Broughton Broughtown...
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Road. The new streets were named after the Scottish islands: Berneray, Birsay, Castlebay, Cathay, Egilsay, Longay, Mingulay, Ornsay, Raasay, Ronaldsay...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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28 May 2023 (2023-05-28) Stromness won by walkover 28 May 2023 (2023-05-28) Birsay won 5–1 on aggregate. 27 May 2023 (2023-05-27) Sanday won by walkover...
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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...
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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...
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