Corn Holm

Corn Holm seen from Copinsay. Black Holm can be seen beyond it, and in the distance the parish of Deerness on Mainland, Orkney

Corn Holm is a small tidal island in Orkney, near Copinsay to the west. There was once a small chapel here ^[1] , and it is covered in birdlife.

Geography and geology

Corn Holm is made up of red sandstone^[1] .

At low tide it is connected to Black Holm and Ward Holm, and is connected to Copinsay by a stretch called "Isle Rough". The sections north and south of Isle Rough are known as North and South Bay.

References

1 2 Haswell-Smith, Hamish. (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate.

South East Orkney Islands

Black Holm Burray Copinsay Corn Holm Glims Holm Horse of Copinsay Hunda Lamb Holm Pentland Skerries Muckle Skerry South Ronaldsay Swona

Orkney

List of Orkney islands

Inhabited islands	Mainland Auskerry Burray Eday Egilsay Flotta Gairsay Graemsay Holm of Grimbister Hoy Inner Holm North Ronaldsay Papa Stronsay Papa Westray Rousay Sanday Shapinsay South Ronaldsay South Walls Stronsay Westray Wyre

Other islands	Eynhallow Helliar Holm Lamb Holm Switha Swona North West islands North East islands South West islands South East islands

Towns and villages	Kirkwall Balfour Dounby Finstown Houton Longhope Lyness Pierowall St Margaret's Hope Stromness Whitehall

Mainland parishes	Birsay Deerness Evie Firth Harray Holm Kirkwall Orphir Rendall St Andrews St Ola Sandwick Stenness Stromness

Topics	Prehistory History Geology Scapa Flow

Coordinates: 58°54′3″N 2°41′55″W / 58.90083°N 2.69861°W / 58.90083; -2.69861

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