North Ronaldsay
North Ronaldsay off the Northern coast of Orkney
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North Ronaldsay is so far North that it is actually higher in the northern hemisphere than the Southernmost tip of Norway. Ronaldsay islanders, of which there are only around 50 today, down from about 500 in the mid 19th century, built this dyke in the 1800s in order to prevent the existing sheep from overgrazing inland, decimating their crops and potentially ruining the local economy. The Laird at the time felt that grazing cattle were more profitable, therefore the sheep were consequently confined to the beach.