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Lairo Water

Coordinates: 59°3′21″N 2°51′20″W / 59.05583°N 2.85556°W / 59.05583; -2.85556
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Lairo Water is a surface water body known as an ayre situated on the western coast of Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands.[1] This brackish water body is separated by a narrow bar of land from Veantro Bay. This wetland is an area where a variety of bird species may be found.[2] Hogan has suggested that the Lairo Water may have been a source of subsistence food for prehistoric inhabitants of Shapinsay at Burroughston Broch.[3]

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Li, Martin (2005). Adventure Guide to Scotland. Great Britain: Hunter Publishing, Inc. pp. 620 pages. ISBN 1-58843-406-0.
  2. ^ Paul Hollinrake (20 May 2004). "Bird-watching at night? It's not that far-fetched an idea". Orcadian Times. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  3. ^ Hogan, C. Michael (7 October 2007). "Burroughston Broch". The Megalithic Portal (ed) Andy Burnham. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

59°3′21″N 2°51′20″W / 59.05583°N 2.85556°W / 59.05583; -2.85556