Grim Ness

Grimness is a cliff-girt headland on the island of South Ronaldsay, in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland. It is located between Honeysgeo and Skipi Geo and rises to a height of 34 metres above sea level.

Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sorquoy,standing stone,Papley and St Peter’s Church.

Sorquoy,standing stone,Papley

Archaeological site

Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sorquoy,standing stone,Papley is an archaeological site, which is situated 1½ miles southwest of Grim Ness.

St Peter’s Church

Church

Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Peter’s Church is situated 2 miles southwest of Grim Ness.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ayre of Cara and Burray Ness.

Ayre of Cara

Locality

Photo: Karl Cooper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ayre of Cara is a locality, which is situated 1½ miles northwest of Grim Ness.

Burray Ness

Locality

Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Burray Ness is a locality, which is situated 2½ miles north of Grim Ness.

Saint Margaret’s Hope

Village

Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Margaret's Hope is a village in the Orkney Islands, off the north coast of Scotland. It is known locally as The Hope or The Hup. With a population of about 550, it is Orkney's third largest settlement after Kirkwall and Stromness. Saint Margaret’s Hope is situated 3 miles west of Grim Ness.

Grim Ness

Type: Locality
Description: peninsula in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
Category: peninsula
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.81871° or 58° 49′ 7″ north

Longitude

-2.8797° or 2° 52′ 47″ west

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Open location code

9CCVR49C+F4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 611073398

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

2647883

Wikidata ID

Q12715146

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Grim Ness” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Grim Ness”
Dutch: “Grim Ness”
Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grim Ness”
Swedish: “Grim Ness”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as South Cara and West Quoy.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Burnt Mound (Prehistoric) and The wreck of the Irene.

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