Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Graemsay

Graemsay, island (1½ mile by 1 mile), Hoy and Graemsay par., Orkney, in Hoy Sound, 1 mile S. of Stromness, pop. 236; P.O.; on NE. point is Hoy Sound (High) Lighthouse, 108 ft. high, with fixed light 115 ft. above high water and seen 16 miles; on NW. point is Hoy Sound (Low) Lighthouse, 38 ft. high, with fixed light 55 ft. above high water and seen 12 miles.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "island"   (ADL Feature Type: "islands")
Administrative units: Hoy and Graemsay ScoP       Orkney ScoCnty
Place: Graemsay

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