Papa Stronsay

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Papa Stronsay is a 74 -acre, up to 13 m high island of Orkney, north of Scotland. The "Priest Island of Stronsay ', that is the Old Norse name of the neighboring island of Stronsay. Here is one of the most northerly early Christian monasteries in the Orkney and a Celtic Cross was found. The monastery was founded in the 7th or 8th century, has a historical significance for the archipelago.

The modern monastery Golgotha ​​Monastery on Papa Stronsay was built in 1999 by the Order Transalpine Redemptorists after the renovation of the mansion and the largely derelict fishing station on the island.

Since the 16th century there was a base of the Scottish, and later the British herring fleet ended their activities before the Second World War. An 8 meter high lighthouse stands in the northeast. There is no gas, electricity and water supply on Papa Stronsay. Power is generated by a diesel generator. Water comes from wells that have been drilled into the rock.

Auskerry | Burray | Calf of Eday | Cava | Copinsay | Damsay | Eday | Egilsay | Eynhallow | Fara | Faray | Flotta | Gairsay | Graemsay | Holm of Grimbister | Holm of Huip | Holm of Papa | Hoy | Lamb Holm | Linga Holm | Mainland | Muckle Skerry | North Ronaldsay | Papa Stronsay | Papa Westray | Rousay | Rysa Little | Sanday | Shapinsay | South Ronaldsay | Stronsay | Sule Skerry | Sule stack | Switha | Swona | Westray | Wyre

• Island (Scotland )
• Island ( Europe)
• Island ( North Sea)
• Island of the Orkney Islands