Bring Head
Bring Head is a cape in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Bring Head is situated nearby to the locality Quoyness, as well as near The Nevi.Places of Interest
Highlights include Graemsay and Dwarfie Stane.
Graemsay
Island
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Graemsay is an island in the western approaches to Scapa Flow, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. The island has two lighthouses. Graemsay lies within the parish of Stromness. Graemsay is situated 2½ miles north of Bring Head.
Dwarfie Stane
The Dwarfie Stane is a megalithic chambered tomb carved out of a titanic block of Devonian Old Red Sandstone located in a steep-sided glaciated valley between the settlements of Quoys and Rackwick on Hoy, an island in Orkney, Scotland. Dwarfie Stane is situated 2 miles southwest of Bring Head.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Houton and Bu‘ Point.
Houton
Village
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Houton is a settlement 5 miles southeast of Stromness on the island of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Orphir, and is situated on a minor road off the A964. Houton is situated 2½ miles northeast of Bring Head.
Bu‘ Point
Locality
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Bu‘ Point is a locality, which is situated 4½ miles north of Bring Head.
Stromness
Stromness is a port on the Mainland of the Orkney Islands, with a population of roughly 2200. To the Vikings, Straumsnes meant the headland just south, where a fierce tide rips between Scapa Flow and the Atlantic; get past that and you came safely into Hamnavoe or "peaceful harbour" where the town now stands.
Bring Head
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.89944° or 58° 53′ 58″ northLongitude
-3.26792° or 3° 16′ 5″ westElevation
180 feet (55 metres)Open location code
9CCRVPXJ+QRGeoNames ID
2654688
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