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Unique, hand made book
beads designed and
handmade in Cheshire.
The 2011 Collection
Every one is handmade and they are all different. So, as soon as one is purchased it is removed from the site and replaced with another unique bok bead. Book beads make the perfect gift. Whether its a birthday, or just a thank you, a book bead is not just a personal gift but one that will last forever.
Hermetray
Hermetray lies in the Sound of Harris on the edge of the Minch. It is on the south side of the sound, but is legally part of Harris. The island is 72 hectares (0.28 sq mi) in area, and 35 metres (115 ft) at its highest point, Cnoc a' Chombaiste (Compass Hill). The rock is Lewisian gneiss..
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Jura
With an area of 36,692 hectares, or 142 square miles (368 km2), and only 188 inhabitants recorded in the 2001 census, Jura is much less densely populated than neighbouring Islay. In fact, of all the inhabited Scottish islands, only Rum is more sparsely populated.
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Pabbay
Pabay was inhabited in the 19th century. The island has a single house and is only accessible by boat or helicopter.
It issues its own postage stamps.
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Lismore
Lismore, lies north of the island of Mull and like other Hebridean islands, has suffered from depopulation since the 19th century. In 1845 there were 1430 people living on the island, though by 1971 there were only 180. In the 2001 census, the population was 146, over 45% of whom were over 60 years old, making it the Scottish island with the oldest population.
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Stronsay
Two flint arrowheads discovered at a site investigated by Orkney College in April 2007 are believed to date from the late Paleolithic or early Mesolithic periods some 10-12,000 years ago. They were found amongst a scattered collection of other tools on a farm. If confirmed they could be the earliest human artefacts found so far in Scotland.
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Tanera Beag
Tanara Beag is an uninhabited island in the Summer Isles off north west Scotland. It is called "Tanara Beag" ("little Tanara") to distinguish it from "Tanera Mor", "big Tanara".
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Gairsay
According to the Orkneyinga saga, in Norse times Gairsay was the winter home of the Norse chieftain Sweyn Asleifsson, one the last great Vikings.
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