Rusk Holm is a small island in the Orkney Islands, near Faray to the west.
History There is a prehistoric cairn on itHaswell-Smith, Hamish. (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate. .
The island contains a single house with tall, brick-lined chimneys, constructed to accommodate kelp burning during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.<ref name="HESRuskHolm"/
Rusk Holm is also home to "Holmie Sheep", which are similar to the North Ronaldsay sheep.
Geography and geology Corn Holm is made up of red sandstone.
It is in Rapness Sound.
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