Edwin Muir
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Edwin Muir CBE was a Scottish poet, novelist and translator. Born on a farm in Deerness, a parish of Orkney, Scotland, he is remembered for his deeply felt and vivid poetry written in plain language and with few stylistic preoccupations.
Edwin Muir
Memorial to Edwin Muir in St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney
Mainland, Orkney
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The Mainland, also known as Hrossey and Pomona, is the main island of Orkney, Scotland. Both of Orkney's burghs, Kirkwall and Stromness, lie on the island, which is also the heart of Orkney's ferry and air connections.
Stromness is the second largest settlement on Mainland, and Orkney in general.
St Magnus Cathedral, built from the Old Red Sandstone prevalent on the island
Skara Brae
Mainland, as "Pomona" from the not wholly accurate Carta Marina of 1539.