The Brough of Deerness , Orkney, ScotlandScotland or in Scottish Gaelic, Alba is a country and former independent kingdom of northwest Europe, and one of the four nations comprising the United Kingdom. Scotland occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Scotland took part in a p
The Brough of BirsayThe Brough of Birsay is a small (210,000 mē) tidal island off the north west coast of The Mainland of Orkney, in the parish of Birsay. The island is reachable at low tide via a causeway. The old norse name for the island was "Byrgisey" which means fort is tidal island and lighthouseAn aid for navigation and pilotage at sea, a lighthouse is a tower building or framework sending out light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire. More primitive navigational aids were once used such as a fire on top of a hill o, Orkney, Scotland