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Ronaldshay, South, island and insular par., Orkney - par. (including also the islands of Burray, Hunda, Swona, and Pentland Skerries), 15,062 ac., pop. 3314; island, pop. 2557. South Ronaldshay island is the most southerly of the Orkneys with the exception of Pentland Skerries, is 7 ¾ miles in extreme length and from 1½ to 6 miles broad, and reaches an alt. of 389 ft.; at Burwick, in SW. of island, is the church of St Mary's, South Ronaldshay quoad sacra par., pop. 695.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "island and insular parish" (ADL Feature Type: "islands") |
| Administrative units: | Orkney ScoCnty |
| Place names: | RONALDSHAY | RONALDSHAY SOUTH | SOUTH RONALDSHAY |
| Place: | South Ronaldsay |
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