Oyster Skerries
Oyster Skerries is in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Oyster Skerries is situated nearby to the village Toab, as well as near the locality Upper Sanday.Places of Interest
Highlights include Braebuster and Mine Howe.
Mine Howe
Archaeological site
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mine Howe is an Iron Age subterranean man-made chamber dug 6 meters deep inside a large mound. It is located in the Tankerness area of Orkney, Scotland, about 5 miles southeast of Kirkwall, the capital of Orkney. Mine Howe is situated 2 miles west of Oyster Skerries.
Dingy’s Howe, broch, Upper Sanday
Archaeological site
Photo: s allison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dingy’s Howe, broch, Upper Sanday is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tankerness and St Andrews.
Tankerness
Village
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Tankerness is a district in the St Andrews parish in Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. Essentially a peninsula, it is about 13 kilometres south-east of Kirkwall and 1 kilometre east of Kirkwall Airport. Tankerness is situated 2½ miles northwest of Oyster Skerries.
St Andrews
Locality
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St Andrews is a parish on Mainland, Orkney in Scotland. It is located east of the town of Kirkwall and the parish of St Ola and lies north of Holm and west of Deerness. St Andrews is situated 2½ miles northwest of Oyster Skerries.
Oyster Skerries
- Type: Rock
- Category: landform
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.93333° or 58° 56′ northLongitude
-2.8° or 2° 48′ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
9CCVW5MX+8XGeoNames ID
2640704
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