Brough Ness
Brough Ness is a locality in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Brough Ness is situated nearby to the locality Black Geo, as well as near Morris Geo.Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include South Ronaldsay and St Mary’s Church, South Ronaldsay.
South Ronaldsay
Photo: Nachosan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
South Ronaldsay is the most southerly of the Orkney Islands, with its main settlement at St Margaret's Hope, and a population in 2011 of 909. Burray just north has always been joined by a sandy spit to South Ronaldsay.
Tomb of the Eagles
Grassland
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The Tomb of the Eagles, or Isbister Chambered Cairn, is a Neolithic chambered tomb located on a cliff edge at Isbister on South Ronaldsay in Orkney, Scotland. Tomb of the Eagles is situated 2 miles northeast of Brough Ness.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandwick and Herston.
Sandwick
Locality
Photo: John Comloquoy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sandwick is a parish on the west coast of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland, 4 miles north of Stromness. The parish's name derives from the Old Norse Sandvík meaning "Sand Bay". Sandwick is situated 4 miles north of Brough Ness.
Herston
Hamlet
Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Herston is a village on South Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom. Herston is historically a fishing village but its only industry to speak of is Herston Stained Glass, now that Herston Hikers Hostel is now inactive. Herston is situated 6 miles north of Brough Ness.
Brough Ness
- Type: Locality
- Description: cape in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Category: cape
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.73119° or 58° 43′ 52″ northLongitude
-2.96193° or 2° 57′ 43″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
9CCVP2JQ+F6OpenStreetMap ID
node 611073483OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Brough Ness” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Brough Ness”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Brough Ness”
- Norwegian: “Brough Ness”
- Swedish: “Brough Ness”
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