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.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include South Ronaldsay and St Mary’s Church, South Ronaldsay.

South Ronaldsay

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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.

St Mary’s Church, South Ronaldsay

Church

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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

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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

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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″ north

Longitude

-2.96193° or 2° 57′ 43″ west

Elevation

16 feet (5 metres)

Open location code

9CCVP2JQ+F6

OpenStreetMap ID

node 611073483

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

2654518

Wikidata ID

Q10436180

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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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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Broch site and Liddel Loch.

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