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| Jo Ben's 1529 "Descriptions of Orkney" | |
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SOWNAY Sownay* is an island furnishing a safe station for foreign going ships. Oats and barley is produced here. But the land is altogether sandy. Here, not far from Kirkness, is Braga, well known to sailors.
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