From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Firth (Fjörðr
[1] meaning a
firth or
fjord) is a
civil parish mainly on
Mainland, Orkney. The islands of
Damsay and
Holm of Grimbister, which lie in the Bay of Firth, are also in the parish. It is in the west of the mainland island, lying south of the parish of
Rendall, east of
Harray and
Stenness, north of
Orphir and west of
St Ola.
[2]
It is not to be confused with the numerous
Firths that surround Orkney.
The main village is
Finstown.
[3]
Buckle's Tower stands on the Hill of Heddle, just outside Finstown.
References
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^ Pedersen, Roy (January 1992) Orkneyjar ok Katanes (map, Inverness, Nevis Print)
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^
"Scrol Analyser"[
permanent dead link]. General Register Office
for Scotland. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
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^ Muir, Tom "The West Mainland" in Omand, Donald (ed.) (2003) The Orkney Book. Edinburgh. Birlinn.
ISBN
1-84158-254-9 Page 192.
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