Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Burness

Burness, ancient par., now united to Cross par., in Sanday island, Orkne.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ancient parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Orkney ScoCnty
Place: Burness

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