title: Sweyn Holm
text: # Sweyn Holm
  
  Note: There is also a "Sweyn Holm" off St Ninian's Isle, Shetland
  
  Sweyn Holm is a small island in the Orkney Islands, next to Gairsay.
  
  It is thought to be named for Sweyn Asleifsson (Sveinn), who was connected with Gairsay or possibly a corruption of "servant's island" in Norse.
  
  ## Geography and geology
  
  Sweyn Holm is made up of red sandstone.
  
  