- The Hall of
Clestrain is a
house in the
parish of Orphir, Orkney, Scotland. The
house was the
birthplace of the
explorer John Rae in 1813.
Currently derelict...
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Clestrain Sound is a
strait between Mainland Orkney and the Isle of
Graemsay within the
Orkney Islands, Scotland.
Clestrain Sound lies in the western...
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Celynen Collieries' Workingmen's
Institute and Memorial Hall –
Newbridge "Restorations" on BBC2 2004 Succeeded by Hall of
Clestrain – Orphir, Orkney...
- off the land. Rae was born as the
sixth of nine
children at the Hall of
Clestrain in
Orkney in the
north of
Scotland with
family ties to Clan MacRae. His...
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about 700 ft (210 m)
above sea level. A
chief residence was the Hall of
Clestrain; and
chief antiquities include the
ruins of Earl Paul's Palace, remains...
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eighteenth century a
notorious Orkney pirate, John Gow,
raided Hall of
Clestrain, in
Orphir and
abducted two
servant girls.
Reports vary as to
their treatment...
- a
period of two w****s.
Stout later became a
spokesman for the Hall of
Clestrain in the BBC
television series Restoration, and has also co-presented the...
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Quanterness Skerry,
Scare Gun, Seal Skerry,
Skaill Skerries,
Skerries of
Clestrain,
Skerries of Coubister,
Skerries of Lakequoy,
Skerry of Work,
Skerry of...
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Broughtown Burness Burray Burwick Bustatown Calfsound Cantick Head
Cleat Clestrain Clouston Cornquoy Costa Deerness Dishes Dounby Easting Eastside Eday Edmonstone...
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Scapa Flow via
Burra Sound to the
south of the
island of
Graemsay and
Clestrain Sound to this island's north. The Bay of
Ireland north of Hoy
Sound communicates...
