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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf inhabited island
island
administrativeDivision civil parish of Rousay and Egilsay
archipelago Orkney
linked to: Orkney Islands
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
Tingwall, Mainland Orkney
linked to: Orkney Mainland

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

Skaill Farmstead
linked to: Skaill House

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
linked to: Orkney Islands

Orkney Islands
United Kingdom
nearbyIsland Egilsay
Eynhallow
Wyre
nickname Egypt of the North
linked to: Lower Egypt
region 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 island of Rousay
linked to: Rousay
Gurness headland hasViewOf island of Rousay
linked to: Rousay
Westray hasNearbyIsland Rousay