Helliar Holm
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Helliar Holm is an uninhabited island off the coast of Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. It is home to a Script error: No such module "convert". lighthouse, which was built in 1893 and automated in 1967.[1] It is a tidal island that used to be connected to Shapinsay. It is still possible to walk across from the mainland during very low tides
The island also has the ruins of a broch, cairn and chapel.[2]
In the Orkneyinga Saga it is referred to as both "Hellisey" and "Eller Holm" [3] and John of Fordun refers to it as "Helene-holm"
Gallery
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Saeva Ness lighthouse on the tip of Helliar Holm
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Cliffs and chambered cairn on Helliar Holm.
See also
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References
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- ↑ Haswell-Smith, Hamish. (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate.
- ↑ Anderson, Joseph (Ed.) (1893) Orkneyinga Saga. Translated by Jón A. Hjaltalin & Gilbert Goudie. Edinburgh. James Thin and Mercat Press (1990 reprint). Template:ISBN
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External links
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