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	rockall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Rockall is a small, rocky island in the North Atlantic but is probably better known as an area in the BBC's Shipping Forecast.
		On 10 February 1972 the Isle of Rockall Act received Royal Assent to make the island part of Inverness-shire, fully incorporating it into the United Kingdom.
		Rockall is also close to the Darwin Mounds, deep-water coral mounds about 185 km north west of Cape Wrath.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /rockall.html (559 words)

	ROCKALL FACTS AND INFORMATION
		The first literary reference to the isle, where it is called ''Rockol'', is found in Martin_Martin's ''A Description of the Western isles of Scotland'' published in 1716 where he gives an account of a voyage to St Kilda where the locals knew the isle as ''Rockabarra'' (''Rocabarraigh'').
		Rockall is 461.5 km (286.7 miles) from Ardnamurchan_Point on the Scottish mainland and is 301.4 km (187.3 miles) from St Kilda, St Kilda being 100 miles west of Harris in the Outer_Hebrides.
		Rockall is the setting for William_Golding's novel "Pincher_Martin" (1956), a surreal, nightmarish vision of one man's battle for physical and-more tellingly-mental survival in the most unforgiving and hostile of environments.
	www.palfacts.com /Rockall (2468 words)

	Isle of Purbeck - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Isle of Purbeck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Isle of Purbeck, not a true island but a peninsula, is in the county of Dorset, England.
		It is bordered by the English Channel to the south and east, where steep cliffs fall to the sea; and by the marshy lands of the River Frome to the north.
		The northern part is Eocene clay (Barton beds), but where the land rises to the sea there are several parallel strata of Jurassic rocks, including the Purbeck beds which yield a particularly hard limestone, which when polished looks like marble (and is sometimes, incorrectly, called marble), and Portland Limestone.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Isle-of-Purbeck.html (534 words)

	Rockall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The first literary reference to the isle, where it is called Rockol, is found in Martin Martin's A Description of the Western isles of Scotland published in 1716 where he gives an account of a voyage to Saint Kilda where the locals knew the isle as Rockabarra (Rocabarraigh).
		Rockall is 480 km (298 miles) from Ardnamurchan Point on the Scottish mainland and is 320 km (200 miles) from Saint Kilda, Saint Kilda being 100 miles west of Harris in the Outer Hebrides.
		Rockall is the setting for William Golding's novel "Pincher Martin" (1956), a surreal, nightmarish vision of one man's battle for physical and-more tellingly-mental survival in the most unforgiving and hostile of environments.The rock itself becomes the central motif of the novel and symbolises the main character's post-modernist alienation from the "real" world.
	www.exoticfelines.com /search.php?title=Rockall (2395 words)

	British Empire: british empire, british empire map, order of the british empire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Formal empire in India, beginning with the Government of India Act of 1858, was a means of consolidation, reacting to the abortive Indian Mutiny, which was in itself a conservative reaction among Indian traditionalists to British policy in the subcontinent.
		The last territorial expansion of the British Empire was the annexation of Rockall to the west of the Outer Hebrides in 1955.
		In 1972 the Isle of Rockall Act formally incorporated the island into the United Kingdom, although this was not accepted by Ireland.
	encyclopedia.openfun.org /wiki/British_Empire (6524 words)

	Rockall biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Rockall is a small, rocky island in the North Atlantic but is probably better known as one of the British Sea Areas named in the Shipping Forecast broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
		Its status is disputed, being claimed by the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Denmark (for the Faroe Islands) and Iceland.
		Ireland's claims to the island is based, in part, on the fact that, in terms of geographical distance, Rockall is closer to the mainland of Ireland than to the mainland of Scotland, but closer to islands off the coast of Scotland than to islands off the coast of Ireland.
	rockall.biography.ms (794 words)

	Rockall
		Rockall is composed of a soda-rich variety of granite.
		It became part of the United Kingdom in February 1972 when the Isle of Rockall Act was passed in the UK parliament.
		Rockall is also famous as a sea area in the BBC weather forecasts.
	www.geocities.com /rlapthorn/rockall.htm (493 words)

	Daenmark: A great and momentous anniversary ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In 1972 the Isle of Rockall Act was passed, which made the rock officially part of Inverness-shire, Scotland.
		Rockall is probably most famous for being an area in the BBC Radio 4's shipping forecast.
		Rockall is most famous for being the home of that mighty organ "The Rockall Times".
	www.daen.dk /archives/000573.html (147 words)

	The Rockall picture gallery [The Rockall Times]
		Rockall is a pretty desolate place, as the pictures below will testify, although it does possess a certain rugged beauty as the picture above shows.
		Next to that is a simply terrific photo taken solely for propaganda purposes in 1974, when the British government was in dispute over Rockall's ownership (again) despite having passed the Rockall Act in 1972, formally annexing it to Britain.
		Most recently, Rockall was in the news (and produced a good number of photos) because Greenpeace landed on it as a protest against the old drilling etc and attempted to claim Rockall as its own property by dint of staying on the rock longer than anyone else in history (42 days).
	www.therockalltimes.co.uk /rockall/picture-gallery.html (555 words)

	Read about Rockall at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Rockall and learn about Rockall here! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The first literary reference to the isle, where it is called Rockol, is found in Martin Martin's A Description of the Western isles of Scotland published in 1716 where he gives an account of a voyage to
		The initial incentive for the annexation of Rockall had little to do with any territorial claim to rights of exploitation of the seas around the island.
		Isle of Rockall Act received Royal Assent to make the island part of
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Rockall (2051 words)

	United Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The UK was formed by a series of Acts of Union which united the countries or territories of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland (the island) under a single government in London.
		With the Act of Union 1707, the separate kingdoms of England and Scotland, having shared the same monarch since 1603, agreed to a permanent union as the Kingdom of Great Britain.
		The Act of Union 1800 united the Kingdom of Great Britain with the Kingdom of Ireland, which had been gradually brought under English control between 1169 and 1691, to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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	biggest.ca - Rockall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Rockall Web is the current home of photography by...
		Rockall, a small, isolated rocky islet in the North Atlantic Ocean.
		Rockall is an isolated, uninhabited, pudding shaped sea-rock situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean.
	www.biggest.ca /Rockall/reference/search (135 words)

	Read about British Empire at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research British Empire and learn about British Empire here! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The overseas British Empire — in the sense of British oceanic exploration and settlement outside of Europe and the British Isles — was rooted in the pioneering maritime policies of King
		The last territorial expansion of the British Empire was the annexation of Rockall to the west of the
		Isle of Rockall Act formally incorporated the island into the United Kingdom.
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/British_Empire (5164 words)

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		News is still awaited of which three judges will be appointed to hear the case, together with the name of a fourth to act as substitute in the event of death or illness of one of the appointed three (which will twist on its head the footballing phrase for substitution, "coming off the bench").
		Under s 95 of the Act a judge of the Court of Session may be removed from office only by the Queen acting on the recommendation of the First Minister.
		The Act also contains a rule that Acts of the Scottish Parliament which could be read in such a way as to be outside the Parliament's legislative competence shall be read as narrowly as is required for them to be within competence if such a reading is possible (s 101).
	www.law.ed.ac.uk /sln/archive.htm (10933 words)

	Articles - Rockall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The first scientific expedition to Rockall was led by Miller Christie in 1896 when the Royal Irish Academy sponsored a study of the flora and fauna [1] They chartered the Granuaile [2]
		In doing so the United Kingdom relinquished its right to claim an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of 200 nautical miles (370 km) extending from the rock, as the agreement states that "Rocks which cannot sustain human habitation or economic life of their own shall have no exclusive economic zone or continental shelf".
		Independent Irish politician SeÃ¡n Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus (1927-), a former Lord Mayor of Dublin (1995-1996), has long advocated that Ireland make a territorial claim on Rockall, and enthusiastically supported Greenpeace's occupation.
	www.appza.com /articles/Rockall (2328 words)

	The world's top rockall websites
		Its status is disputed, being claimed by the United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark and Iceland.
		The rock is the summit of an extinct volcano and is located at 57°35'48"N 13°41'19"W, some 300 miles west of Manish Point, North Uist in Scotland.
		Rockall is also close to the Darwin Mounds, deep-water coral mounds about 185 km.
	dirs.org /wiki-article-tab.cfm/rockall (476 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Debates for 11 Jun 1990
		In terms of the Island of Rockall Act 1972 as read with the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, Rockall is part of the Western Isles Islands area.
		Local enterprise companies will be private companies formed under the Companies Acts, and as such are outwith the jurisdiction of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration, which encompasses Government Departments, public corporations and public bodies whose functions are exercised on behalf of the Crown.
		No. Under section 14 of the Channel Tunnel Act 1987 the policing of the tunnel system is a matter for the chief constable of the police force for the county of Kent.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm198990/cmhansrd/1990-06-11/Writtens-2.html (3323 words)

	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 21 \| 1955: Britain claims Rockall
		The UK formally claimed uninhabited Rockall, which is just 70ft (21m) high, on 18 September at 1016 GMT.
		Her orders stated: "On arrival at Rockall you will effect a landing and hoist the Union flag on whatever spot appears most suitable or practicable and you will then take possession of the island on our behalf."
		The first person to set foot on Rockall since the British Navy landed in 1862 was Royal Marine Sergeant Brian Peel, an experienced rock climber.
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/21/newsid_4582000/4582327.stm (479 words)

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		In total, it is estimated that the UK is made up of around 1098 small islands, some being natural and some being man-made crannogs, which were built in past times using stone and wood and which were enlarged by natural waste building up over time.
		Between 1889 (1890 in Scotland) and 1974, the political boundaries were based on the traditional counties, but due to changes in population centres, the traditional counties became impractical as local government areas in certain highly urbanised areas.
		The Local Government Act 1972 created a new system of administrative counties, designed to take account of the widely differing populations across different parts of the country.
	www.homestayfinder.com /Dictionary.aspx?q=Geography_of_the_United_Kingdom (2827 words)

	Upto11.net - Album Profile for Rockall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The first scientific expedition to Rockall was led by Miller Christie in 1896 when the Royal Irish Academy sponsored a sudy of the flora and fauna http://www.ria.ie/about/pdfs/brochure.pdf They chartered the Granuaile http://www.cil.ie/sh618x4138.html
		It does not claim the islet itself andmdash; their position is the same as is Ireland's and Iceland's.
		Downloadable PDF of Rockall - The most isolated speck of Rock, surrounded by Water on the Surface of the Earth; by James A. Macintosh; pub 1945 (included Basil Halls description of his landing on Rockall)
	upto11.net /albumprofile.php?al=196338 (2413 words)

	British Empire - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
		England after this point clung on to the strategic port of Calais, until this too was lost in 1563.
		In 1972 the Isle of Rockall Act formally incorporated the island into the United Kingdom.
		The rise of anti-colonial nationalist movements in the subject territories in the first half of the 20th century challenged an imperial power now increasingly preoccupied with issues nearer home, particularly after the Second World War.
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=4721 (5641 words)

	Edinburgh Law School, Scots Law News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Government’s decision was hailed as a triumph for the environmental pressure group, Greenpeace, members of which had occupied Rockall from early in June to press for ratification of the Convention.
		It may be noted that one possible derivation of the mysterious name of Rockall is the Gaelic sgeir rocail, “sea rock of roaring”.
		Two industrial tribunals have come to differing conclusions on the question of whether the Scots and the English are separate races for the purposes of the Race Relations Act 1976.
	www.law.ed.ac.uk /sln/index.asp?view=1&page=21 (1479 words)

	Edinburgh Law School, Scots Law News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The hospital explained that their refusal to let the teeth go to the tooth fairy was the result of its policy on body parts, amongst which teeth were now classified: “To reduce the risk of cross-infection we routinely retain and dispose of teeth extracted.” Thanks to our dental correspondent Professor John Blackie for this one.
		The total claims amounted to some £11,000 in the end, although someone pointed out that this averaged out at £6 a day since 2000, a sum which won’t get you very far in Edinburgh taxis at least.
		Then the harbour master accosted her through a megaphone, saying “You’re trespassing, please turn back.” As Cameron continued to walk, two police cars arrived, and she was arrested.
	www.law.ed.ac.uk /sln/index.asp?view=1&page=21 (1842 words)

	ATLANTIS & the Atlantic Ocean - Atlantis Rising
		Islands in the Atlantic Ocean include Svalbard, Greenland, Iceland, Rockall, Great Britain, Ireland, Fernando de Noronha, the Azores, the Madeira Islands, the Canaries, the Cape Verde Islands, Bermuda, the West Indies, Ascension, St. Helena, Tristan da Cunha, the Falkland Islands, and South Georgia Island.
		The Gulf Stream, for example, warms the atmosphere of the British Isles and northwestern Europe, and the cold water currents contribute to heavy fog off the coast of northeastern Canada (the Grand Banks area) and the northwestern coast of Africa.
		The nearest island is 108 km from the northwest African coast.
	forums.atlantisrising.com /ubb/Forum1/HTML/000958-2.html (12477 words)

	ROCKALL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Charlotte, the fisherman's friend - Guardian Unlimited - I bring wonderful news for our brave seamen, but also for radio listeners everywhere: Charlotte Green is once more to read the shipping forecast on Radio 4.
		voice on radio, last brought us the news from Bailey, Rockall and Dover nine years ago, but she is so closely associated.
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	www.iperfull.com /Rockall (74 words)

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