Burray

E160358

inhabited island island

Burray is a small inhabited island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland, known for its causeway links to neighboring islands and its role in the World War II-era Churchill Barriers.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Burray canonical	7
Burray Village	2
Burray (village on Burray)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	inhabited island ⓘ island ⓘ
administeredBy	Orkney Islands Council ⓘ
associatedWith	construction of Churchill Barriers ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	World War II ⓘ
connectedBy	Churchill Barriers ⓘ
connectedTo	Glimps Holm ⓘ Lamb Holm ⓘ Orkney Mainland ⓘ surface form: Mainland, Orkney South Ronaldsay ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
hasAttraction	Orkney Fossil and Heritage Centre ⓘ
hasCategory	Islands of Orkney NERFINISHED ⓘ Populated places in Orkney ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	farming ⓘ fishing ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasFeature	coastal cliffs ⓘ natural harbour ⓘ sandy beaches ⓘ
hasLandUse	agricultural land ⓘ pasture ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ Scots ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
hasNearbyIsland	Glimps Holm ⓘ Lamb Holm ⓘ Orkney Mainland ⓘ surface form: Mainland, Orkney South Ronaldsay ⓘ
hasPopulationStatus	inhabited ⓘ
hasPostTown	Orkney Islands ⓘ surface form: Orkney
hasRoleIn	defence of Scapa Flow ⓘ
hasSettlement	Burray self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Burray (village on Burray) Burray self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Burray Village
hasStructure	Churchill Barriers ⓘ surface form: Churchill Barrier 3 Churchill Barriers ⓘ surface form: Churchill Barrier 4 causeway ⓘ
locatedIn	North Sea ⓘ Northern Isles ⓘ Orkney Islands ⓘ surface form: Orkney Orkney Islands ⓘ Orkney archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater	Scapa Flow ⓘ
partOf	Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
partOfIslandGroup	South Isles of Orkney NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	fixed link between islands ⓘ road transport ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Orkney Islands → contains → Burray ⓘ

Bay of Hoxa Sound → locatedNear → Burray ⓘ

Bay of Hoxa Sound → hasShore → Burray ⓘ

Burray → hasSettlement → Burray self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burray Village

Burray → hasSettlement → Burray self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burray (village on Burray)

South Ronaldsay → hasVillage → Burray ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burray Village

South Ronaldsay → connectedTo → Burray ⓘ

South Ronaldsay → nearbyIsland → Burray ⓘ

Churchill Barriers → connects → Burray ⓘ

derived from Old Norse "Skalpaflói" → surroundedBy → Burray ⓘ

subject surface form: Scapa Flow