Birsay
Sign in to savethumb|300px|Birsay Parish, with the Brough of Birsay in the background
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Place details
- Locality
- Birsay
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Location
- Mainland
- Image
- Brough of Birsay.jpg
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- P7959
- Orkney Islands
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Article
7 sectionsContents
- Ancient monuments
- Earl's Palace
- St Magnus Church
- Notable people
- See also
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thumb|300px|Birsay Parish, with the Brough of Birsay in the background
Birsay () (Old Norse: Birgisherað) is a parish in the north west corner of The Mainland of Orkney, Scotland. Almost all the land in the parish is devoted to agriculture: chiefly grassland used to rear beef cattle. There are various ancient monuments in the parish.