Row Head

Row Head is a cape in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Row Head is situated nearby to the locality Verron, as well as near Northdyke.

Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Skara Brae and Skaill House.

Skara Brae

Protected area

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Skara Brae is a stone-built Neolithic settlement located along the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Mainland, Orkney. The site was discovered following a storm exposing the presence of stone structures within the coastal sand dunes.

Skaill House

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Skaill House is a historic manor house in Sandwick parish on Mainland, the largest of the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The house overlooks the Neolithic site, Skara Brae, and the Bay of Skaill.

Loch of Skaill

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The Loch of Skaill is a small somewhat triangular, freshwater loch in the parish of Sandwick, Orkney on Mainland Orkney, Scotland. It lies 0.5 mi south east of the Bay of Skaill close to Skaill House and the World Heritage neolithic site Skara Brae.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yesnaby and Twatt.

Yesnaby

Locality

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Yesnaby is a historic township in Sandwick, on the west coast of Orkney Mainland, Scotland, south of Skara Brae. It is renowned for its spectacular Old Red Sandstone coastal cliff scenery which includes sea stacks, blowholes, geos and frequently boiling seas. Yesnaby is situated 2 miles south of Row Head.

Twatt

Village

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Twatt is a settlement in the parish of Birsay on the Mainland of Orkney, Scotland. It was previously the location of RNAS Twatt, from 1940–1949. Twatt is situated at the junction of the A986 and the A967. Twatt is situated 4½ miles northeast of Row Head.

Dounby

Village

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Dounby is a village on Mainland in Orkney, in the north of Scotland. Dounby village is situated at the crossroads of what are now the A986 and B9057, and has grown close to the meeting point of the three parishes of Sandwick, Birsay and Harray. Dounby is situated 4½ miles east of Row Head.

Row Head

Type: Cape
Description: cape in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
Category: landform
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

59.05° or 59° 3′ north

Longitude

-3.35° or 3° 21′ west

Elevation

39 feet (12 metres)

Open location code

9CFR3M22+22

GeoNames ID

2639046

Wikidata ID

Q24638296

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Row Head” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Row Head”
Swedish: “Row Head”

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Localities in the Area

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