PAPA-STRONSAY, an isle, in the parish of St-Peter,
Stronsay, county of Orkney; containing 28
inhabitants. This is a small isle, near the island of
Stronsay, and at the mouth of a sound to which it gives
name; its circumference is about three miles, and it is
pleasant, remarkably fertile, and produces excellent crops.
Tliere were anciently two chapels, one dedicated to St.
Nicholas, and the other to St. Bride, between the ruins
of which is an eminence called Earl's Knoll, ou which
are vestiges of buildings and graves.