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Papa Stour, island, Walls par., Shetland, on S. side of St Magnus Bay, 11 m. NW. of Walls, pop. 254; P.O.; the island measures 2½ miles in length and 2½ miles in breadth, and presents interesting coast scenery; it was a northern centre of the early Culdees.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "island" (ADL Feature Type: "islands") |
Administrative units: | Walls and Sandness ScoP Shetland ScoCnty |
Place: | Papa Stour |
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