Corn Holm
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Corn Holm seen from Copinsay. Black Holm can be seen beyond it, and in the distance the parish of Deerness on Mainland, Orkney
Corn Holm is a small tidal island in Orkney, near Copinsay to the west, off the north-eastern coast of Scotland. There was once a small chapel here,[1] and it is covered in birdlife.
Geography and geology[]
Corn Holm is made up of red sandstone.[1] At low tide it is connected to Black Holm and , and is connected to Copinsay by a stretch called "Isle Rough". The sections north and south of Isle Rough are known as North and South Bay.
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- Orkney geography stubs
- Islands of the Orkney Islands
- Tidal islands of Scotland