Churchill Barriers

The Churchill Barriers are four causeways in the islands with a total length of 2.3 kilometres. They link the Orkney Mainland in the north to the island of via and the two smaller islands of and .
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  • Type: Causeway
  • Description: four causeways in Orkney, Scotland
  • Also known as: “Churchchillbarriären”, “Churchillbarriären”, “Churchillbarriärerna”, “Churchillbarrierene”, and “チャーチル・バリア”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Italian Chapel and Broch of Ayre.

Church
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The is a highly ornate Catholic chapel on in , . is situated 1,800 feet southeast of Churchill Barriers.

Archaeological site
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, also known as St. is situated 1 mile west of Churchill Barriers.

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is situated 3,500 feet northeast of Churchill Barriers.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Mary’s and Holm.

Village
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St Mary's is a small village in the parish of on , , Scotland.

Locality
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, also spelled Ham, is a parish on .

Locality
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is a locality, which is situated 2½ miles southeast of Churchill Barriers.

Churchill Barriers

Latitude
58.893° or 58° 53′ 35″ north
Longitude
-2.897° or 2° 53′ 49″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
9CCVV4V3+66
Geo­Names ID
7627342
Wiki­data ID
Q1089879
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Churchill Barriers” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حواجز تشرشل”
  • Danish: “Churchill Barriers”
  • Dutch: “Churchill Barriers”
  • Finnish: “Churchill Barriers”
  • French: “Churchill Barriers”
  • German: “Churchill Barriers”
  • Italian: “Churchill Barriers”
  • Japanese: “チャーチル・バリアーズ”
  • Luxembourgish: “Churchill Barriers”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Churchill Barriers”
  • Norwegian: “Churchill Barriers”
  • Polish: “Bariery Churchilla”
  • Swedish: “Churchill Barriers”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Skaildaquoy Point and Saint Mary’s.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Burn of Deepdale and Nether Button.

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