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{{Short description|Parish on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland}}
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[[Image:Harraystores.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Harray Stores]]

'''Harray''' (pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|ær|i|}}) ({{langx|non|Herað}}; {{langx|nrn|Herrað}}) is a parish and a village<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitscotland.com/info/towns-villages/harray-p239991|title=Visit Scotland - Harray}}</ref> on [[Mainland, Orkney]], Scotland. It has the unique distinction of being the only parish without a coastline, instead being landlocked and sitting next to a [[Loch of Harray|freshwater loch]]. Harray is surrounded by almost all the other parishes of the west mainland, extending southward from [[Birsay]] until it reaches the A965.

Harray is mostly flat and swampy, and has many mounds or 'howes' (from the [[Old Norse]] word '' Haugr'' meaning mound or hill).  Excavations have revealed a burial cist in the largest mound as well as a [[Bronze Age]] building nearby.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080705135041/http://www.orkneyguide.com/ogbpdf/Harray.pdf Harray - Orkney’s Landlocked Parish]}}</ref>

The Corston Airfield is located in Harray.

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