Lairo Water

Lairo Water is a surface water body known as an ayre situated on the western coast of Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands. [Li, 2005] This brackish water body is separated by a narrow bar of land from Veantro Bay. This wetland is an area where a variety of bird species may be found. ["Orcadian Times", 2004] Hogan has suggested that the Lairo Water may have been a source of subsistence food for prehistoric inhabitants of Shapinsay at Burroughston Broch. [Hogan, 2007]

ee also

*The Ouse
*Quholm
*Vasa Loch

Notes

References

* Li, Martin (2005) "Adventure Guide to Scotland", Hunter Publishing, Inc., Great Britain, 620 pages ISBN 1588434060
* "Orcadian Times" (May 20, 2004). [http://www.orcadian.co.uk/features/articles/birdieman6.htm "Bird-watching at night? It's not that far-fetched an idea"] .
* Hogan, C. Michael (October 7, 2007). [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=7891 "Burroughston Broch"] , The Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham.