View W from Point of Buckquoy on the NW of Mainland, Orkney, to the tidal island of the Brough of Birsay Viking-age site with incoming tide.

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View W from Point of Buckquoy at the tidal island of Brough of Birsay, Orkney, with incoming tide. The Brough, at the NW of Mainland, was an important centre (both secular & ecclesiastical) for the Picts & later Norse settlers.

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Size: 4961px × 3673px
Location: Brough of Birsay Tidal Island, Birsay, Mainland, Orkney Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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