Mainland
The Orkney Islands are an archipelago of over 70 islands some 10 miles off the north tip of mainland Scotland. They've been settled since the Neolithic period and have a remarkable collection of standing stones, early settlements and burial cairns, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: main island of the Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Hrossey”, “Isle of Pomona”, “Mainland, Orkney”, “Megenland”, “Pomona”, and “Pomonia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ring of Brodgar and Unstan Chambered Cairn.
Ring of Brodgar
Heath
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ring of Brodgar is a Neolithic henge and stone circle about 6 miles north-east of Stromness on Mainland, the largest island in Orkney, Scotland. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Heart of Neolithic Orkney.
Unstan Chambered Cairn
Photo: Bruce McAdam, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Unstan is a Neolithic chambered cairn located about 2 mi north-east of Stromness on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. The tomb was built on a promontory that extends into the Loch of Stenness near the settlement of Howe.
Ness of Brodgar
Protected area
The Ness of Brodgar is a Neolithic archaeological site covering 2.5 hectares located between the Ring of Brodgar and the Stones of Stenness in the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cairston and Stenness.
Cairston
Locality
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cairston is a village on Mainland, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Stromness. Cairston is situated 1½ miles southwest of Mainland.
Stenness
Photo: Nachosan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stenness is a small, scattered village in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, on the A965 main road between Kirkwall and Stromness. It has several UNESCO World Heritage Listed neolithic sights: the Stones, Maeshowe and Ring of Brodgar, with Skara Brae a few miles further north.
Bu‘ Point
Locality
Photo: John Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bu‘ Point is a locality, which is situated 2½ miles south of Mainland.
Mainland
- Categories: mainland and landform
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Western Panjabi—“Mainland” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Mainland”
- Cebuano: “Mainland (pulo sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Scotland, Orkney Islands)”
- Cebuano: “Mainland”
- Chinese: “梅恩兰岛”
- Chinese: “梅恩蘭島”
- Czech: “Mainland”
- Danish: “Mainland (Orkney)”
- Danish: “Mainland”
- Dutch: “Mainland”
- Esperanto: “Ĉefinsulo de Orkadoj”
- Esperanto: “Ĉeforkado”
- Esperanto: “Mainland”
- Estonian: “Mainland”
- Faroese: “Mainland, Orknoyar”
- Faroese: “Mainland”
- Finnish: “Mainland”
- French: “Mainland”
- Galician: “Mainland, Orkney”
- German: “Mainland”
- Greek: “Μέινλαντ Ορκάδων”
- Greek: “Μέινλαντ”
- Guarani: “Mainland”
- Guarani: “Mainlánda”
- Hebrew: “מיינלנד”
- Italian: “Mainland”
- Italian: “Pomona”
- Japanese: “メインランド島”
- Korean: “메인랜드”
- Latin: “Pomona”
- Lower Sorbian: “Mainland”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mainland”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mainland i Orknøyane”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Orkney Mainland”
- Norwegian: “Mainland”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Rosseg”
- Polish: “Mainland”
- Russian: “Мейнленд”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Mòr-thìr (Arcaibh)”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Mòr-thìr, Arcaibh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Mòr-thìr”
- Serbian: “Мејнленд”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Mainland”
- Slovak: “Mainland”
- Slovenian: “Mainland”
- Spanish: “Mainland”
- Swedish: “Mainland, Orkneyöarna”
- Swedish: “Mainland”
- Swedish: “The Mainland”
- Turkish: “Mainland, Orkney”
- Ukrainian: “Мейнленд”
- Welsh: “Mainland”
- Welsh: “Tir Mawr, Ynysoedd Erch”
- Welsh: “Tir Mawr”
- Western Panjabi: “مینلینڈ، اورکنے”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Loch of Stenness and Ring of Brodgar.
Orkney Islands: Must-Visit Destinations
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