Lamb Holm

Lamb Holm is a small uninhabited island in , Scotland, now connected to its neighbours by two of the . During the early 1940s it was the site of 'Camp 60', housing 550 Italian Prisoners of War who helped construct the causeways.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: uninhabited island in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Lambholm” and “למב הולם”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Italian Chapel and East Broch of Burray.

Church
Photo: Gregory J Kingsley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a highly ornate Catholic chapel on Lamb Holm in , .

Archaeological site
Photo: David Wyatt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an archaeological site.

Archaeological site
Photo: Mark Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also known as St.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Mary’s and Holm.

Village
Photo: Mark Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's is a small village in the parish of on , , Scotland.

Locality
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, also spelled Ham, is a parish on .

Locality
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is a locality, which is situated 2½ miles east of Lamb Holm.

Lamb Holm

Latitude
58.88768° or 58° 53′ 16″ north
Longitude
-2.8926° or 2° 53′ 33″ west
Elevation
56 feet (17 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB HOM
Open location code
9CCVV4Q4+3X
Geo­Names ID
2644998
Wiki­data ID
Q2449390
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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”
  • 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

Places to explore: Skaildaquoy Point and Burray Haas.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Lamb Holm and Churchill Barriers.

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Worth a closer look: Kirkwall and Stromness.

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