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Damsay is an islet in the Orkney archipelago in Scotland. It is approximately in extent and rises to only above sea level. It is situated in the Bay of Firth north of the Orkney Mainland near Finstown. Nearby is the smaller islet of Holm of Grimbister.

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Scottish island.Image
Damsay.jpg
Scottish island.ImageCaption
Damsay from Ward of Redland, Mainland, Orkney
Scottish island.GridReference
HY389139
Scottish island.location_map
Scotland Orkney
Scottish island.caption
Damsay shown within Orkney
Scottish island.celtic name
Unknown
Scottish island.norse name
Damsey/Daminsey
Scottish island.meaning of name
Old Norse meaning 'pond island', or possibly 'St Adamnan's Island'
Scottish island.Population
0
Scottish island.island group
Orkney
Scottish island.local authority
Orkney Islands

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Instance of
island
Located in
Orkney Islands
Population
0
Area
0.18
Time zone
UTC±00:00
Body of water
Atlantic Ocean
Image
Damsay.jpg
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located in/on physical feature
North Sea
Commons category
Damsay
historic county
Orkney Islands
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Damsay is an islet in the Orkney archipelago in Scotland. It is approximately in extent and rises to only above sea level. It is situated in the Bay of Firth north of the Orkney Mainland near Finstown. Nearby is the smaller islet of Holm of Grimbister.

==History== It is now uninhabited, but at one time a Norse hall stood there, and it was the scene of the killing of Earl Erlend Haraldsson by Earls Rögnvald Kali Kolsson and Harald Maddadsson in 1154. Erlend celebrated after returning to the islet for Christmas and retired to his ship the worse for drink on the night of 21 December. Despite being warned of an attack by Sweyn Asleifsson and the presence of a full moon his men were taken by surprise by the attack by his co-rulers and Erlend was killed.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Damsay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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