.jpg) Ruin on Sweyn Holm | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
  Sweyn Holm Sweyn Holm shown within Orkney | |
| OS grid reference | HY455227 |
| Coordinates | 59°05′N2°57′W / 59.09°N 2.95°W /59.09; -2.95 |
| Physical geography | |
| Island group | Orkney |
| Administration | |
| Council area | Orkney Islands |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
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Sweyn Holm is a small island in theOrkney Islands, next toGairsay.
It is thought to be named forSweyn Asleifsson (Sveinn),[1] who was connected with Gairsay or possibly a corruption of "servant's island" in Norse.
Sweyn Holm is made up of redsandstone.[1]
59°5′23″N2°57′4″W / 59.08972°N 2.95111°W /59.08972; -2.95111
