Thieves Holm
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Thieves Holm is a small island in the Orkney Islands
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Bay, between the Mainland and the isle of Shapinsay
. It is at the west end of the strait between Mainland and Shapinsay, known as the String. It is south west of the tidal island
of Helliar Holm
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Orkney Islands
Orkney also known as the Orkney Islands , is an archipelago in northern Scotland, situated north of the coast of Caithness...
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Geography and geology
Thieves Holm is due north of Mainland, Orkney at the mouth of KirkwallKirkwall
Kirkwall is the biggest town and capital of Orkney, off the coast of northern mainland Scotland. The town is first mentioned in Orkneyinga saga in the year 1046 when it is recorded as the residence of Rögnvald Brusason the Earl of Orkney, who was killed by his uncle Thorfinn the Mighty...
Bay, between the Mainland and the isle of Shapinsay
Shapinsay
Shapinsay is one of the Orkney Islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland. There is one village on the island, Balfour, from which roll-on/roll-off car ferries sail to Kirkwall on the Orkney Mainland...
. It is at the west end of the strait between Mainland and Shapinsay, known as the String. It is south west of the tidal island
Tidal island
A tidal island is a piece of land that is connected to the mainland by a natural or man-made causeway that is exposed at low tide and submerged at high tide. Because of the mystique surrounding tidal islands many of them have been sites of religious worship, such as Mont Saint Michel with its...
of Helliar Holm
Helliar Holm
Helliar Holm is an uninhabited island off the coast of Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. It is home to a lighthouse, which was built in 1893 and automated in 1967...
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