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Orphir
Orphir (Old Norse: Jorfjara/Orfjara〔Anderson, Joseph (Ed.) (1893) ''Orkneyinga Saga''. Translated by Jón A. Hjaltalin & Gilbert Goudie. Edinburgh. James Thin and Mercat Press (1990 reprint). ISBN 0-901824-25-9〕〔Pedersen, Roy (January 1992) ''Orkneyjar ok Katanes'' (map, Inverness, Nevis Print)〕) is a parish and settlement in Mainland, Orkney. It is approximately southwest of Kirkwall, and comprehends a seaboard tract of about 7 by 3½ miles (11 by 5½ km), and includes Cava and the Holm of Houton. The coast includes Houton Head, about , but all elsewhere is nearly level; and the interior is an assemblage of vales and hills, the latter culminating at about above sea level, and commanding fine views. A chief residence was the Hall of Clestrain; and chief antiquities include the ruins of Earl Paul's Palace, remains of pre-Reformation chapels, and several tumuli. ==Notable people==
* John Rae (30 September 1813 – 22 July 1893), the explorer of Canada's Arctic was born at the Hall of Clestrain in this parish. * Henry Halcro Johnston, botanist and international rugby union player was born and died at Orphir.
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