| 1. | It is one of the Orkney Islands, off northern Scotland.
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| 2. | Hoy is the second largest of the Orkney Isles and seastack.
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| 3. | At that time, the Orkney Islands were part of Norway.
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| 4. | Regional variations include the addition of onion to clapshot in Orkney.
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| 5. | Those ships escorted them to Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands.
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| 6. | The Orkney Island Council provides employment to several people on Flotta.
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| 7. | The Orkney voles were introduced to the archipelago in Neolithic times.
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| 8. | By the end of October, the Norwegian fleet reached Orkney.
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| 9. | For example, the Earl of Orkney was a Norwegian nobleman.
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| 10. | Until 1195 the islands were part of the Earldom of Orkney.
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