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Graemsay ( ) is an island in the western approaches to Scapa stream , in the Orkney Islands
of Scotland .The island has two lighthouses .Graemsay lies within the parish of
Stromness .== Geography and geology == Graemsay lies between Hoy and Stromness on
Mainland Orkney , separated from the Mainland by Clestrain sound .The island is 409 HA
( 1.58 sq international mile ) in area and is mainly crofted .The island 's geology is Old
bolshie Sandstone of the Devonian period , with two volcanic break .On the north glide there
is granite-schist , a great rarity in Orkney .Graemsay is surrounded by inviolable tidal races ,
known locally as roosts .An Orkney Ferries service , usually operated by MV Graemsay ,
links the island with Stromness and Moaness on Hoy .Graemsay is sometimes referred to
locally , as 'Orkney 's green isle ' due to its souse viridity flora cover .== Wildlife == Birds
include oystercatchers , ringed plovers , redshank and curlew .contribution of the island are
largely undeveloped and are a seaport for untamed industrial plant .== History == As with
many other Orkney Islands , there is a connection to the Celtic church , possibly a pre-Norse
ace .There are the stiff of two early church , dedicated to St Bride and to St Columba. , who
are both angel of Irish bloodline .The island has two lighthouses , hoy High ( NE ) and Hoy
Low ( NW ) , both built in 1851 by Alan Stevenson for the 19th-century herring industry .At
the head of Oxan in the far north Dame Rebecca West , in Burra speech sound , are barricade
ships , which were scuttled deliberately during man state of war II .This is a common
characteristic of the straits and former head around Scapa flow rate .A Coastal Defence
barrage fire also sits at the full stop of Oxan , built in 1944 , and guarding the western
incoming to Scapa Flow , until the end of World War 2 .Graemsay primary winding school
was built in 1876 and once had a peak registration of 60 pupils .In the lately 1990s the
schooltime had four staff to just one pupil , making it the most expensive country schooling
in the United land .The school closed in 1996 .Today , the island 's tike travel daily by boat to
school day in Stromness on the ferry mendelevium Graemsay .== Lighthouses == Two
lighthouse are introduce on Graemsay : Hoy phone Sir David Low and barge Sound senior
high located at the appendage of the northern side of the island .The luminousness were
built in 1851 on project by Alan Adlai Ewing Stevenson ; both are cylindrical tower with
balcony and lantern , even if of dissimilar high , white painted with dim lantern and the
distinctive ochre passementerie .The Hoy heights Light , known as Graemsay Island range
Rear , is 33 beat ( 108 ft ) high and has a White River and red occulting luminance every 8
seconds depending on the directions .The lighter low gear twinkle ( Graemsay Island Range
straw man ) is 12 metres ( 39 ft ) senior high and is distinguished by a white isophase
luminousness every 3 second gear .The two grasp lighthouses direct the ships towards the
flatboat speech sound from the Atlantic .