Lairo Water

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]

Lairo Water
Lairo Water

See also

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. Archived from the original on 18 August 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
  3. Hogan, C. Michael (7 October 2007). "Burroughston Broch". The Megalithic Portal (ed) Andy Burnham. Retrieved 7 August 2009.

59°3′21″N 2°51′20″W


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