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SMALL ISLES - LoveToKnow Article on SMALL ISLES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) |
 | | They are rich in sea-fowl, the most common being the eider duck, puffin, Manx shearwater, fl guillemot, kittiwake and herring gull. |
 | | It is in the main basaltic, but a band of quartz-porphyry runs from the centre in a north-westerly direction to the coast, and there is some oolitic rock on the north shores. |
 | | On the north-east coast is a cave with a narrow mouth, opening into a hollow 255 ft. long. |
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