Glimps Holm or Glims Holm (Old Norse: Glums Holm) is a small uninhabited islet in Orkney, Scotland. Glimps Holm lies in Holm Sound, one of the eastern...
3 KB (320 words) - 17:32, 7 June 2024
of South Ronaldsay via Burray and the two smaller islands of Lamb Holm and Glimps Holm. The barriers were built between May 1940 and September 1944, primarily...
13 KB (1,055 words) - 23:01, 24 April 2024
as the Churchill Barriers. They are South Ronaldsay, Burray, Lamb Holm and Glimps Holm. In addition, Hunda is connected to Burray by a causeway. The barriers...
15 KB (1,553 words) - 20:01, 7 June 2024
of the holm') Glimps Holm Helliar Holm Holm of Papa Lamb Holm Linga Holm Muckle Green Holm In the vicinity of Copinsay: Black Holm Corn Holm In the vicinity...
5 KB (598 words) - 18:11, 19 April 2024
Islands include Calf of Flotta, Cava, Copinsay, Corn Holm, Fara, Glimps Holm, Hunda, Lamb Holm, Rysa Little, Switha and Swona. The Pentland Skerries...
144 KB (13,938 words) - 13:57, 13 June 2024
Orkney Mainland by the Churchill Barriers, running via Burray, Glimps Holm and Lamb Holm. Along with North Ronaldsay, the island is named after St Ronald...
12 KB (1,510 words) - 08:31, 8 December 2023
Barriers connect the island to Burray and South Ronaldsay via Lamb Holm and Glimps Holm. Mainland effectively provides the core of the Orkney Islands, linking...
24 KB (2,876 words) - 05:09, 10 April 2024
carry the road from South Ronaldsay to Mainland, Orkney. Lamb Holm is connected to Glimps Holm, to the southwest, by Barrier number 2, and to Mainland by...
5 KB (693 words) - 09:42, 4 August 2023
known as the Churchill Barriers. They are: South Ronaldsay Burray Lamb Holm Glimps Holm Hunda is in turn connected to Burray via a causeway. South Walls and...
74 KB (5,072 words) - 08:14, 5 June 2024
of South Ronaldsay via Burray and the two smaller islands of Lamb Holm and Glimps Holm. The barriers were built in the 1940s as naval defences to protect...
14 KB (1,588 words) - 22:11, 31 March 2024