GOWKSHILL, a village, in the parish of Cockpen,
county of Edinburgh; containing 219 inhabitants.
GR^MSAY ISLE, in the parish of Hoy, county of
Orkney; containing 214 inhalaitants. It is one of the
Orkney group, and lies about a mile and a half south
from Stromness; in length it is nearly two miles, and in
breadth one. The whole of the island is level, and the
lands are either cultivated for the production of grain,
or suffered to remain in old grass for the pasturage of
sheep and cattle. Through almost its entire extent runs
a bed of schistus, or slate, used for the covering of houses.
The inhabitants excel in fishing. The principal disadvantage
under which they labour is the scarcity of fuel.
Graemsay was formerly a vicarage, but is now united to
Hoy, which see.