Long Hope Sound
Long Hope Sound is a sound in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Long Hope Sound is situated nearby to the locality North Ness, as well as near South Walls.Places of Interest
Highlights include Crockness Martello tower and Hackness Martello Tower and Battery.
Crockness Martello tower
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Crockness Martello Tower is a Martello Tower on Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. It was built during the Napoleonic Wars, at the same time as the Martello Tower at Hackness. Crockness Martello tower is situated 1½ miles northeast of Long Hope Sound.
Hackness Martello Tower and Battery
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Hackness Martello Tower and Battery is a former British Army barracks and currently a museum located on the island of South Walls, in Orkney, Scotland. Hackness Martello Tower and Battery is situated 2 miles east of Long Hope Sound.
Longhope Lifeboat Museum
Museum
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Longhope Lifeboat Museum is a museum at Brims on the island of Hoy in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The museum's main exhibit is the former lifeboat Thomas McCunn, the lifeboat that served the islands of Hoy and South Walls between 1933 and 1962. Longhope Lifeboat Museum is situated 2 miles southwest of Long Hope Sound.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Longhope and Point of Hackness.
Longhope
Village
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Longhope is a coastal settlement on the island of South Walls, in Orkney, Scotland. South Walls is linked to Hoy by causeway; Longhope is the largest settlement on the two islands. The settlement is situated on the B9047, the main road on Hoy and South Walls.
Point of Hackness
Locality
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Point of Hackness is a locality, which is situated 1½ miles east of Long Hope Sound.
Lyness
Village
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Lyness is a village on the east coast of the island of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Walls and Flotta, and is situated at the junction of the B9047 and B9048. Lyness is situated 2 miles north of Long Hope Sound.
Long Hope Sound
- Type: Sound
- Category: body of water
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.80347° or 58° 48′ 13″ northLongitude
-3.19633° or 3° 11′ 47″ westOpen location code
9CCRRR33+9FGeoNames ID
2643679
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