Aerial image of Scotland, UK: Brough of Birsay

Aerial image of Scotland, UK: Brough of Birsay, a small uninhabited tidal island off the north west coast of Mainland Orkney, north west coast of Orkney Mainland. The remains of Pictish and Norse settlements and a 12th century church can be seen. it was the site of the first cathedral in Orkney. The Brough is connected to the mainland by a causeway which can be crossed only at low tide

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