Gairsay



         


Gairsay is an island in Orkney, Scotland. Its main settlement was Langaskaill, originally the location of a drinking hall built by Sweyn Asliefsson and then of a mansion built by William Craigie in the seventeenth century.

The island is currently inhabited by one family, who issue their own postage stamps.






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