A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Scalpay, island. Strath par., Inner Hebrides, Inverness-shire, separated from the E. coast of Skye island by Scalpay Sound (½ mile broad), pop. 37; measures 4 by 3 miles, and rises to an alt. of 994 ft.; Scalpay Sound (or Loch na Cairidh) abounds in oysters, and is a rendezvous of the herring fleet.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "island" (ADL Feature Type: "islands") |
| Administrative units: | Inverness Shire ScoCnty |
| Place: | Scalpay |
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