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Blackhammer cairn on Rousay is another example dating from the 3rd millennium BC.
Rousay ( meaning Rolf's Island ) is a small, hilly island about north of Orkney's Mainland, off the north coast of Scotland, and has been nicknamed " the Egypt of the north ", due to its archaeological diversity and importance.
Robert C. Marwick is a local author whose publications include From My Rousay Schoolbag ; Rousay Roots ( 1995 ); In Dreams We Moor ( 2000 ) ISBN 1-899851-04-6.
The underlying geology is Rousay type Middle Old Red Sandstone, the flagstones of which make excellent building materials.
The composition of Shapinsay is mostly of the Rousay flagstone group from the Lower Middle Devonian, with some Eday flagstone in the southeast formed in wetter conditions during the later Upper Devonian.
Egilsay is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, lying east of Rousay.
Wyre, also formerly spelt Weir, is one of the Orkney Islands, lying south-east of Rousay.
It is generally low lying, and is separated from Rousay by Wyre Sound.
Rousay is to the north, Gairsay to the south, Mainland to the south west and Shapinsay to the south east.
Rinyo is a neolithic settlement on the island of Rousay, Orkney.
The geographic distribution on Orkney of the two pottery types is as follows: grooved ware is found on Mainland, Sanday, and North Ronaldsay, with Unstan ware found on Mainland and the remaining islands, especially Rousay and Eday.

Rousay and with
The ferry links the islands of Rousay, Egilsay, and Wyre with each other, and with the mainland of Orkney.
Hugh Marwick's work has shown the name developing from ' Rollesay ' in the 14th century, through ' Rolsay ' in the 15th, and ' Rowsay ' in the early 16th, with the spelling ' Rousay ' first recorded in 1549.
Egilsay seen from Rousay with St Magnus Church on the skyline

Rousay and has
The astronomer, musician and writer, John Vetterlein first came to Rousay in 1970 and has lived on the island full-time since 1995.

Rousay and .
Examples include Midhowe on Rousay and Unstan Chambered Cairn from the Orkney Mainland, both of which date from the mid 4th millennium BC and were probably in use over long periods of time.
In the 2001 census, Rousay had a population of 212 people.
Rousay placenames reflect its Norse heritage.
Most Rousay people have always earned their living from farming and / or fishing.
From the 1970s onward new families started to settle on Rousay: most came from the south, especially from England.
The poet Pauline Stainer spent several years on the island, and in 1999 published a collection of her poems about Rousay, Parable Island.
Marwick was born on the farm of Innister, in the Wasbister district of Rousay.
The late artist Margaret Gardiner spent a large part of her life on Rousay and founded, in 1979 the Pier Art Gallery in Stromness.
* AroundRousay. co. uk: Information on the island of Rousay
* DiscoverRousay. co. uk: Tourism website for the island of Rousay
A comparable, though smaller, site exists at Rinyo on Rousay.
Unusually, no Maeshowe-type tombs have been found on Rousay and although there are a large number of Orkney – Cromarty chambered cairns, these were built by unstan ware people.

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It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site " Works of Antoni Gaudí ".
* The building is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site " Works of Antoni Gaudí ".
In early 1945, the U. S. army ran tests of various 2, 4-D and 2, 4, 5-T mixtures at the Bushnell Army Airfield in Florida, which is now listed as a Formerly Used Defense Site ( FUDS ).
During the American Civil War, it was the site of a prisoner-of-war camp which is now Andersonville National Historic Site.
Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City is a UNESCO World Heritage Site near the centre of Liverpool, England, where a system of intertwining waterways and docks is now being developed for mainly residential and leisure use.
This discovery is commemorated by Cape Breton's Cabot Trail, and by Cabot's Landing Historic Site & Provincial Park, located near the village of Dingwall.
Today this National Historic Site of Canada is one of the island's dominant economic engines, employing many residents and attracting thousands of tourists every year.
His birthplace is currently operated by the State of Texas as the Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site.
* Dachau Concentration Camp memorial Site: Dachau is best known for its proximity to the relatively well-preserved site of the infamous Dachau concentration camp, the first large-scale concentration camp in Germany, converted from an old gunpowder factory by the Nazi regime in 1933.
The Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site in Philadelphia is one of several preserved former residences of Poe
The Spring Garden home, where the author lived in 1843 – 1844, is today preserved by the National Park Service as the Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site.
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site | Cedar Hill, Douglass ' house in the Anacostia Historic District | Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D. C., is preserved as a List of areas in the United States National Park System # National historic sites | National Historic Site.
* 1955 – Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot " Wasp " is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1. 2 kilotons.
One of the principal members of the Dutch artistic movement called De Stijl, Rietveld is famous for his Red and Blue Chair and for the Rietveld Schröder House, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
A full-scale replica of Bell's HD-4 is viewable at the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site museum in Baddeck, Nova Scotia.
The rediscovered Greek city of Buthrotum () ( modern-day Butrint ), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is probably more significant today than it was when Julius Caesar used it as a provisions depot for his troops during his campaigns in the 1st century BC.
( Located at 11788 Highway 965, between Jackson and St. Francisville, the plantation is now the Audubon State Historic Site.
Tourist attractions include its medieval villages, and the 11th century monastery of “ Nea Moni ”, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located on the island.
Directly in the centre of the island, between the villages of Avgonyma to the west and Karyes to the east, is the 11th century monastery of Nea Moni, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
It was for several centuries the " capital " of the Hanseatic League (" Queen of the Hanse ") and, because of its Brick Gothic architectural heritage, is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
* 1260 – The spectacular Cathedral of Chartres is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France ; the cathedral is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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