Details of Orkney Mainland

Orkney Mainland
(Pomona)

Classification and Statistics

Type: Island

Population: 15315

Area: 58308 ha (144077 acres)

Tourist Rating: No

Text of Entry Updated: 05-MAY-2012

Location

Latitude: 58.9807°N Longitude: 3.0837°W

National Grid Reference: HY 378 109

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References and Further Reading
Burgher, Leslie (1991) Orkney: An Illustrated Architectural Guide. The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, Edinburgh
Tait, Charles (1999) The Orkney Guide Book. Charles Tait Photographic, Orkney

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Related Entries

There are 163 related entries.
( 18 Attractions, 1 Council Area, 1 Historical County, 2 Events, 109 Features, 8 Parishes, 3 People and 21 Settlements )
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Attractions:	Broch of Borwick Broch of Gurness Brough of Birsay Corrigall Farm Museum Cuween Chambered Cairn Earl's Bu Earl's Palace, The Hamnavoe Highland Park Distillery	Hoy & West Mainland Natural Scenic Area Kirbuster Farm Museum Kitchener Memorial Maes Howe Ring of Brodgar, The Skara Brae St Peter's Church Warebeth Wideford Hill
Council Area:	Orkney
Events:	Battleship Royal Oak sunk in Scapa Flow	German fleet scuttled at Scapa Flow
Features:	Aiker Ness Auskerry Lighthouse Ayre, Point of Backaland, Bay of Backaquoy, Point of Berstane, Bay of Berstane, Taing of Black Holm Boardhouse, Burn of Boardhouse, Loch of Boray, Holm of Breck Ness Bridge of Brodgar Bring Deeps Brodgar, Ness of Brough of Birsay Lighthouse Bu Point Burgar Hill Burgar Hill Wind Farm Burray Bush, The Carness, Bay of Churchill Barriers Clestrain Sound Clestrain, Skerries of Clumly, Loch of Copinsay Copinsay Pass Cringla Fiold Cuween Hill Deerness Eynhallow Firth, Bay of Gairsay Gaitnip Hill Garthna Geo Glimps Holm Graemsay Grimbister, Holm of Harray, Loch of Holland, Head of Horse of Copinsay Houton, Holm of Hoy Hundland, Loch of Inga Ness Inganess Bay Inner Holm Ireland, Bay of Isbister, Bay of Kaellan Helliar Keelylang Hill Kirkwall Power Station Kirkwall, Bay of Lamb Holm	Lash, The Lyre Geo Marwick Head Meil, Bay of Miffia, Hill of Mill Dam of Rango Milldoe Mirkady Point Mousland, Bight of Mull Head Mull Head Myre, Bay of Navershaw, Bay of Neban Point Newark Bay North Hill Od, Point of Outer Holm Outshore Point Quanter Ness Quanterness Skerry Sandoyne, Bay of Scapa Bay Scapa Flow Shapinsay Shapinsay Sound Skaill House Skaill, Bay of Skea South Ronaldsay St Nicholas's Church St Peter's Pool Stenness, Loch of String, The Sule Skerry Swanbister Bay Swannay, Loch of Sweyn Holm Tankerness, Loch of Thieves Holm Tor Ness Toy Ness Vastray, Point of Ve Ness Warbeth Cemetery Ward Hill Wasdale, Loch of Waulkmill Bay Weyland, Bay of Wide Firth Wood Wick Work, Bay of Yinstay Head Yinstay, Skerry of
Historical Counties:	Orkney
Parishes:	Birsay and Harray Evie and Rendall Firth Holm	Kirkwall and St Ola Orphir Sandwick Stenness
People:	Samuel Bough George Mackay Brown	Sir Robert Strange
Settlements:	Birsay Breckquoy Clestrain Cursiter Dounby Finstown Gorseness Grimbister Harray Hatston Houton	Kirkwall Orphir Quoyloo Redland Scapa Skeabrae St Mary's Stromness Tingwall Twatt

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