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Backaskail, a bay in Cross and Burness parish, Sanday island, Orkney. It produces enormous quantities of shell-fish.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "a bay" (ADL Feature Type: "bays") |
Administrative units: | Cross and Burness ScoP Orkney ScoCnty |
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