Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Gairsay

Gairsay, island, Evie and Rendall par., Orkney, ¾ mile E. of Mainland and 1½ mile NW. of Shapinshay, pop. 37.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "island"   (ADL Feature Type: "islands")
Administrative units: Evie and Rendall ScoP       Orkney ScoCnty
Place: Gairsay

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