Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Viera (or Wire)

Viera (or Wire), island, Rousay and Egilshay par., Orkney, separated from SE. side of Rousay island by Viera Sound, pop. 80; P.O., called Veira; is 2 miles long and 1 mile broad, and has very fertile soil.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "island"   (ADL Feature Type: "islands")
Administrative units: Rousay and Egilsay Parish       Orkney County
Place names: VEIRA     |     VIERA     |     VIERA OR WIRE     |     WIRE

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