Lamb Holm
Lamb Holm is a small uninhabited island in Orkney, Scotland, now connected to its neighbours by two of the Churchill Barriers. During the early 1940s it was the site of 'Camp 60', housing 550 Italian Prisoners of War who helped construct the causeways.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: uninhabited island in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Lambholm”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Italian Chapel and East Broch of Burray.
Italian Chapel
Church
Photo: Gregory J Kingsley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Italian Chapel is a highly ornate Catholic chapel on Lamb Holm in Orkney, Scotland. It was built during the Second World War by Italian prisoners of war, who were housed on the previously uninhabited island while they constructed the Churchill Barriers to the east of Scapa Flow.
East Broch of Burray
Archaeological site
Photo: David Wyatt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Broch of Burray is an archaeological site.
Broch of Ayre
Archaeological site
Photo: Mark Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broch of Ayre, also known as St. Mary's Broch, is an Iron Age broch in Orkney, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Mary’s and Holm.
St Mary’s
Village
Photo: Mark Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's is a small village in the parish of Holm on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It was originally a fishing port. Orkney F.C., the island group's main football club, plays its home games at The Rockworks Community Park, St.
Holm
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holm, also spelled Ham, is a parish on Mainland, Orkney. An adjacent Sound, running between Mainland, and Burray, is named after Holm. It has since been blocked up by the Churchill Barriers.
Rose Ness
Locality
Photo: Mark Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rose Ness is a locality, which is situated 2½ miles east of Lamb Holm.
Lamb Holm
- Category: 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 Swedish—“Lamb Holm” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Lamb Holm”
- Catalan: “Lamb Holm”
- Cebuano: “Lamb Holm”
- Chinese: “小霍尔姆岛”
- Chinese: “小霍爾姆島”
- Dutch: “Lamb Holm”
- French: “Lamb Holm”
- German: “Lamb Holm”
- Hebrew: “לם הולם”
- Hebrew: “למב הולם”
- Italian: “Lamb Holm”
- Japanese: “ラム・ホルム島”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lamb Holm”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lamb Holm”
- Norwegian: “Lamb Holm”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Lamb Holm”
- Spanish: “Lamb Holm”
- Swedish: “Lamb Holm”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lamb Holm and Churchill Barriers.
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