Stromness is a strangling lateral town built on the shore of Hamnavoe; an old fishing port, it has many alley-ways, gunnels, vennels, closes or passes running from the harbourside up to the main street, and from there up the braes behind the town.
Looking down these narrow closes gives a fascinating glimpse of life in Stromness and its dependence on Hamnavoe and Scapa Flow beyond
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