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	Stronsay
		Stronsay is an island in Orkney, Scotland situated to the North of the British Isles.
		Stronsay is one of the inhabited islands in the Orkneys.
		Stronsay land-mass extends to an area of thirteen square miles, and Stronsay therefore is the seventh largest of the Orkney Islands.
	www.stronsay.com (699 words)

	Stronsay.Com - Tsangarides.Com - Tsangarides Online
		Stronsay - Stronsay, Orkney Islands, Scotland - Stronsay is an island in Orkney, Scotland.
		Stronsay is part of a group of Islands where the Atlantic Ocean and North Sea meet, known as the Orkney Islands.
		Stronsay covers an area of thirteen square miles, and Stronsay is the seventh largest of the Orkney Islands.
	www.tsangarides.com /stronsay.html (140 words)

	The Orkney and Shetland Touring Company - The Orkney Islands - Stronsay Information (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Stronsay (ON Strjonsey - Profit Island) is one of the most fertile islands in Orkney, and has a much indented coastline, with many very fine beaches, as well as low cliffs on the south east side, with several large caves, and a natural arch at the Vat of Kirbuster.
		Stronsay was used as a harbour for Dutch and Fife boats during the season for several centuries up until 1937, when the fishery collapsed due to overexploitation.
		Kelp-making was introduced to Stronsay about 1719, to make potash and soda, which were used in glass and soap manufacture and were in short supply due to the American and French Wars.
	www.orkneyshetland.co.uk /stronsay.html (366 words)

	Orkneyjar - The Stronsay Beast
		The Stronsay beast was first sighted on September 25, 1808, lying on rocks at Rothiesholm Head, in the south east of the island.
		Because the remains had rotted away to practically nothing, the four men who had originally examined the carcass were taken to Kirkwall, where they had to swear to the magistrate that their information was the truth.
		Intrigued by the tales of a sea-monster, he viewed what was left of the evidence but was convinced the creature was nothing more than the remains of a decomposing basking shark - an animal fairly common in the waters surrounding Orkney.
	www.orkneyjar.com /folklore/seabeasts.htm (979 words)

	Island Explorations - Stronsay
		Stronsay is almost like two islands, joined together by a slender ridge of sand dunes.
		Stronsay abounds with birds throughout the year but the highlight is during the breeding season, from late April to mid July.
		The moorland peninsula of Rothiesholm is purple with Heather and Bell Heather during the late summer and the wetter areas are dominated by Rushes, Sedges, Cotton Grass and Cross-Leaved Heath.
	www.orkney.org /islands/stronsay.htm (566 words)

	Stronsay Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		You approach Stronsay from the west, travelling through Spurness Sound between Sanday to the north and Stronsay itself, before turning sharply south between Stronsay and Papa Stronsay to enter Papa Sound.
		Stronsay's large fishing population understandably tired of this, and beat her to death.
		The south west peninsula of Stronsay lies to the west of the Bay of Holland (a name that reflects the Dutch interest in Stronsay in the 1500s and 1600s).
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /stronsay/stronsay (902 words)

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		In 1999 monks returned to Papa Stronsay establishing a small working community of Brothers and, in doing so, have continued a tradition of monasticism on the island started over 1200 years ago.
		The excavations on Papa Stronsay were funded through Historic Scotland, the Arts and Humanities Research Board, Orkney Islands Council, the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, the Hunter Archaeological Trust, the Russell Trust and the University of Birmingham.
		We are indebted to all of them, as well as to all our friends on Stronsay and to the new monks on the island.
	www.stronsay.co.uk /archaeology/day19.htm (583 words)

	Stronsay (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Stronsay lies roughly 12 kilometres north of Mull Head on the East Mainland.
		Many of the buildings in the village reflect this with the long slate roofed Fishmarket at the pierhead, and the old, mostly derelict, herring station at the eastern end of the Village.
		The long and shallow coastline with easily accessible beaches meant that shore sea weeds could be gathered with little effort at low tides, while the many winter storms washed large quantities of deep sea weeds ashore.
	www.orknet.co.uk /tourism/stronsay.htm (235 words)

	142-143, A new chorographic description of the Orkneys - Blaeu Atlas of Scotland, 1654
		There is no moor and correspondingly no peat in the whole of Stronsay, except in one part, where it looks to Shapinsay (from which, to the south, it is ten miles distant, with a most savage strait between).
		Near the coast of Stronsay, close to the harbour, to the west lies an island, called Papa Stronsay, more than a mile long but narrow, all fertile but not abundant in peaty land.
		And to the north it is so low (for it rises higher to the south) that to sailors ignorant of the island and still at a long distance from it at sea, it is not visible at all; and hence shipwreck often occurs to those who sail there at night.
	www.nls.uk /digitallibrary/map/early/blaeu/987.html (1567 words)

	Stronsay Bed & Breakfast, Horsham - Check-in Australia - Horsham
		Stronsay B&B is central to a smorgasbord of tourist attractions including the nearby magnificent Grampians mountain range with its waterfalls, fern gullies, breathtaking lookouts and miles of safe easy walking tracks through the bush.
		The intriguing Big and Little deserts and the rock climbing mecca Mt. Arapiles, are also within easy reach of Stronsay B&B. Escorted tours and adventure activities can be arranged with local operators and virtually “just around the corner” is the Horsham Golf Club, rated one of the best in country Victoria.
		Stronsay is the third driveway on the right.
	www.check-in.com.au /customer/HotelDetails.asp?iHotelId=583 (417 words)

	Decayed Basking Shark? (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Stronsay beast was measuured to be 16.8 m.
		The size of the Stronsay Beast is one of the main porblems with the basking shark theory - it is just too big.
		The identification of the Stronsay Beast as a decayed basking shark, therefore, depends upon the carcass being decayed enough to make the fishermen unable to recognize it as a basking shark (which they would have been familiar with).
	members.fortunecity.com /yvonneoforkney/beast/id15.html (1045 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Harder than thou
		The monks, who have bought the 250-acre (at low tide) island of Papa Stronsay in Orkney for their new home, are not in the business of making things easy for themselves.
		Getting to Papa Stronsay from London involves a two-leg air trip lasting around four hours (fog and old planes permitting) to the Orkney capital, Kirkwall, followed by a 90-minute ferry ride to the island of Stronsay.
		What finished off the monastic life on Papa Stronsay, perhaps, was not the harshness of everyday life or the coming of the barbarians, but church politics and bureaucracy - the coming of the Reformation, and Orkney getting its own bishop.
	www.guardian.co.uk /religion/Story/0,2763,205083,00.html (1881 words)

	Monastery Chronicles: Papa Stronsay
		The novices round up the calves to be taken across to our property at Grice Ness on Stronsay, but as soon as the animals started walking down to the barge, they saw the water, and they all bolted in different directions.
		Some of the brothers come over from Stronsay to help with tiling, painting, etc. Unfortunately we are still waiting on window's and roof tiles, so not all the cells are completed yet.
		As the afternoon boat back to Stronsay was leaving the Papay pier, some submerged rope got caught around the propeller of the boat, stopping the Stella Maris about thirty metres out from the pier.
	www.papastronsay.com /chronicles_2003.htm (2724 words)

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		At Scrabster we caught the ferry which was a two hour trip past the highest sheer face cliffs in the United Kingdom.
		We arrived at Stronsay after 25 hours travel in the van.
		This is the ferry which brings one to Stronsay.
	www.redemptorists.org.uk /red/golnews.htm (163 words)

	GENUKI: Stronsay
		The Registrar of births, deaths, and marriages for the island of Stronsay.
		The transcription of the section for Stronsay from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
		Orkney Family History Researchers are engaged in researching family histories in Stronsay and all other parishes in Orkney.
	www.genuki.org.uk:8080 /big/sct/OKI/Stronsay (238 words)

	Stronsay
		Stronsay is about seven miles long front north to south and is often described as being 'all arms and legs' resulting from the three large bays which bite into the island.
		It is a place which prides itself on its friendliness and tranquillity.
		Along its east coast between Lamb Ness and Odiness is a magnificent cliff-coast which includes the famous Vat of Kirbister, a dramatic opening or 'gloup' spanned by the finest natural arch in Orkney.
	www.visitscotland.com /library/stronsay (132 words)

	Eday & Stronsay
		To achieve these aims the services of a project officer would be required as well as financial assistance.
		A recently completed nature walk in the southeast corner of the island takes in the scenery and history of cliff, hill and bay.
		Stronsay has traditionally a fairly strong agricultural economy, together with a past history of extensive involvement in the herring industry, which has left it a legacy of a relatively extensive harbour at
	www.initiative-at-the-edge.org.uk /EdayandStronsay.htm (418 words)

	Transalpine Redemptorists, Golgotha Monastery, Papa Stronsay, Orkney Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Situated on Papa Stronsay, an island in Orkney, north of Scotland, Papa Stronsay means 'Priest Island of Stronsay' in the Old Norse language.
		The isolated island of Papa Stronsay provides seclusion from the world, while the priests pray and contemplate in preparation for their apostolic labours.
		The ancient monastic ruins dating back to the 7th and 8th centuries mark Papa Stronsay as a holy island and inspire the Redemporist monks living there now to continue with the traditions of the Catholic Church and the Redemptorist Order as well as to rebuild the ruins to their ancient splendour.
	www.papastronsay.com /error404.html (551 words)

	Throughout the western world Christmas is a brash and brightly coloured commercial celebration (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On the tiny Orkney island of Papa Stronsay, however, a group of monks will be celebrating in a much quieter, more contemplative way.
		David Hartley joins them in their preparations for Christmas, explores the environment and community around them, and discovers a Christmas that is a refreshing change to the rest of the country.
		There are around 30 monks from all over the world on the island, led by the redoubtable Father Michael Mary, a tall New Zealander dressed in the order's ankle-length fl habit with a long rosary slung from his neck.
	www.scalan.co.uk /Orkney.htm (257 words)

	The Orcadian Features - Monks get Papa Stronsay an official coat of arms
		The two symbols accepted by the Lord Lyon King of Arms to represent the monastic community in Orkney is the Papa Stronsay Cross – one of the smallest engraved stone crosses ever found in Britain – set out in red on a gold background, reflecting the colours of the Orkney Flag.
		Above that is an eight-pointed star on a blue background representing stella maris or the star of the sea, which is an ancient symbol for the Guiding Star and the Virgin Mary.
		He said that the process of obtaining a coat of arms had taken ten months to achieve, because the Lord Lyon was anxious to check the various details about the island and to ensure that the symbols which could be used were appropriate.
	www.orcadian.co.uk /features/articles/coatofarms.htm (363 words)

	Transalpine Redemptorists at home
		Our island of Papa Stronsay is not connected in any way to the neighboring islands, and that’s not just talking about roads.
		There are no water pipes coming to Papa Stronsay.
		There are no gas pipes, electricity or telephone cables either.
	papastronsay.blogspot.com (1601 words)

	"Bring Me the Head of the Sea Serpent!"
		Furthermore, when he compared the Stronsay beast's vertebrae and other remains with the corresponding portions of a known specimen of basking shark, they matched very closely.
		When basking shark carcasses begin to decompose, the entire gill apparatus falls away, taking with it the shark's characteristic jaws, and leaving behind only its small cranium and its exposed backbone, which have the appearance of a small head and a long neck.
		Over the years, almost all of the Stronsay beast's preserved remains have been lost or destroyed, but three vertebrae are retained in the Royal Museum of Scotland--the last remnants of the world-famous Stronsay sea serpent.
	www.strangemag.com /seaserpcarcsshuk.html (3164 words)

	Orkney News Archive for Extra sailings help get Stronsay wind farm construction under way
		With one turbine already standing, the Stronsay wind farm could be ready by the end of next week, although the forces of nature it intends to harness could end up delaying the project.
		Three 800 kilowatt turbines were being erected at Rothiesholm, after the parts arrived on the North Isles ferries.
		He said parts for a 160 tonne crane had also been transported along the narrow roads to the site, where it was assembled and used to construct the turbines.
	www.orcadian.co.uk /archive/2002/stronsayturbines.htm (480 words)

	Week 12 : A Brisk Jog Down Memory Lane : : : australia.beimers.com : : :
		She was my mom's tennis partner, he was my dad's barbecue buddy.
		In about '91, we went into business for ourselves and opened the Superfeast, a sandwich deli.
		It's one thing to remember people from 20 years ago, but it's another thing if you were five at the time.
	australia.beimers.com /week12.html (1402 words)

	SWT Reserve : Linga Holm
		Management consists of low intervention to prevent disturbance to seals, but it is grazed August to December to remove rank vegetation & encourage wild flowers and other interesting plants.
		Ferries return directly from Stronsay but do not always return on the same day.
		Little shelter is available on the island so visitors are very exposed and in danger of being stranded if sea conditions change and a boat cannot pick them up.
	www.swt.org.uk /wildlife/popup_reserves/north/lingaholm.htm (220 words)

	Family 72 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		5 Elspeth Kaithness b: 1761 in Stronsay, Orkney...........................................
		5 Elizabeth Kaithness b: 1764 in Stronsay, Orkney...........................................
		5 Margaret Kaithness b: 1767 in Stronsay, Orkney...........................................
	www.kinnaird.net /family73.htm (225 words)

	The Strange case of the Stronsay Beast
		Thur 6th 11.30 - 12.30 Pickaquoy Cinema "The Stronsay Beast"- Yvonne A. Simpson, Edinburgh University.
		Almost 200 years ago a huge carcass was washed ashore in Stronsay.
		I shall make available my research into the possibility that the Stronsay Beast may have been a decayed basking shark, as well as ruling out creatures it could not have been.
	members.fortunecity.com /yvonneoforkney/beast (444 words)

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		M: 27 Dec 1838 Spouse: William MUDIE Stronsay, Orkney, Scotland Barbara CROY (F)......................
		M: 21 Dec 1848 Spouse: Maria BROWN Stronsay, Orkney, Scotland Janet CROY (F)........................
		M: 8 Jan 1833 Spouse: Mary CROY Stronsay, Orkney, Scotland Robert CROY (M).......................
	www.cursiter.com /txt-exe-files/Croymar.txt (706 words)

	The Stronsay Scribblers (Site not responding. Last check: )
		We are a small group of people in Blackpool, Lancashire and we get together on Mondays every week from 12pm to 2pm.
		We first came together about 6 months ago and we are known as "The Stronsay Scribblers" We have already had a book of poems published called "Love Actually".
		We are hoping to publish up to 4 books a year, but not just on poetry.
	www.webspawner.com /users/stronsayscribbl (147 words)

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