Rousay

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Rousay is a small, archaeologically rich island in Orkney, Scotland, noted for its numerous prehistoric sites and scenic coastal landscapes.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Rousay canonical 4
island of Rousay 2

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf inhabited island
island
administrativeDivision civil parish of Rousay and Egilsay
archipelago Orkney Islands
surface form: Orkney
bodyOfWater Eynhallow Sound
Wyre Sound
councilArea Orkney Islands Council
country Scotland
hasEconomicActivity crofting
sheep farming
tourism
hasFeature archaeological trails
coastal cliffs
heather moorland
hasFerryConnectionTo Egilsay
Orkney Mainland
surface form: Tingwall, Mainland Orkney

Wyre
hasLanguage English
Orcadian dialect
hasSettlement Brinian
Frotoft
Trumland
hasSite Blackhammer Chambered Cairn
Knowe of Yarso
Midhowe Broch
Midhowe Broch
surface form: Midhowe Chambered Cairn

Skaill House
surface form: Skaill Farmstead

St Mary’s Church, Westness
Taversoe Tuick
Trumland House
Westness
hasWildlife otters
seabirds
seals
highestPoint Blotchnifiold
knownFor Iron Age brochs
Neolithic remains
chambered cairns
prehistoric archaeological sites
scenic coastal landscapes
locatedIn North Sea
Northern Isles
Orkney Islands
surface form: Orkney

Orkney Islands
United Kingdom
nearbyIsland Egilsay
Eynhallow
Wyre
nickname Lower Egypt
surface form: Egypt of the North
region Highlands and Islands
surface form: Scottish Highlands and Islands

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Orkney Islands contains Rousay
Evie hasViewOf Rousay
this entity surface form: island of Rousay
Gurness headland hasViewOf Rousay
this entity surface form: island of Rousay
Westray hasNearbyIsland Rousay