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wideford Jul 11, 2007 09:32:55

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/213/tomb_of_the_eagles.html belongs in South Ronaldsay.
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/9187/howe_of_staneloof.html, http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/6451/burn_of_langskaill.html, http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/5425/five_hillocks.html (this in St.Andrews parish, the one already there is Holm parish), belong in East Mainland.
Firth starts below Wideford Hill, so Wideford http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/8637/wideford_hill.html & http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/8428/wideford.html need to be moved to East Mainland.
Also requiring a move from West Mainland to East Mainland are ;
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/5550/broch_of_lingro.html, http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/5073/crantit.html, http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/8465/crossiecrown.html, Grain, http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/7468/lingrow.html, http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/5426/pickaquoy.html, http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/5639/quanterness.html, http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/6104/saverock.html, http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/6433/sorquoy.html, http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/6385/st_nicholas_church.html
I think it would also be handy if I divided East and West Mainland into parishes & the South Isles, but that would be too much of a strain for TMA Ed

T TMA Ed
TMA Ed Jul 11, 2007 15:46:04
Replying to wideford

Hi Wideford,

Thank you for pointing out those errors, we've moved some of the sites, but not others. A few of those west of Kirkwall have been left as part of West Mainland as we arbitrarily decided to use Junction Road as the boundary between East and West Mainland. Not for any reason other than it more or less fits with the division between the OS Explorer maps, whilst this might not be administratively correct in terms of the relevant Parishes, we think it makes things easier for visitors who will probably be using the OS maps. Some further fine tuning might take place to make sure this pattern is closely adhered to.

For similar reasons, we're reluctant to create any further subdivisions of either East or West Mainland.

Thanks again,

The TMA Eds