Bay of Crook
Bay of Crook is a bay in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Bay of Crook is situated nearby to the locality Ward Hill, as well as near Scarpigarth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shapinsay and Linton Chapel.
Shapinsay
Photo: Purplebaron, Public domain.
Shapinsay is one of the smaller Orkney Islands, a short ferry ride from Mainland Orkney. It measures about 7 miles north-south by 3 miles east-west, with a population in 2011 of 307, and Balfour the only village.
Linton Chapel
Ruins
Photo: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Linton Chapel is a ruined chapel on the east coast of Shapinsay, Orkney. The chapel is thought to date as early as the 12th century AD. Slightly to the south is a megalithic monument, Castle Bloody.
Castle Bloody
Archaeological site
Photo: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castle Bloody is a prehistoric feature on the island of Shapinsay, Orkney, Scotland. Hogan observes that while the feature is marked as a chambered mound on the UK Ordnance Survey map, the structure is more properly and specifically classified as a souterrain or earth house.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quholm and Balfour.
Quholm
Hamlet
Photo: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Quholm is a farm in the northeast of Shapinsay, in the islands of Orkney, Scotland.
Balfour
Village
Photo: Shirley Grant, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balfour is a village on the island of Shapinsay, Orkney. The village is situated on Elwick Bay, which was used as an anchorage by Haakon IV of Norway before sailing south to eventual defeat at the Battle of Largs in 1263.
Bay of Crook
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Category: body of water
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
59.0465° or 59° 2′ 47″ northLongitude
-2.82132° or 2° 49′ 17″ westOpen location code
9CFV25WH+JFOpenStreetMap ID
node 8640005584OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
2651914Wikidata ID
Q24652125
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Bay of Crook” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bay of Crook”
- Swedish: “Bay of Crook”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ward Hill and Scarpigarth.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Linton Chapel burial ground and Kirkhill farmstead (remains).
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