Churchill Barriers
The Churchill Barriers are four causeways in the Orkney islands with a total length of 2.3 kilometres. They link the Orkney Mainland in the north to the island of South Ronaldsay via Burray and the two smaller islands of Lamb Holm and Glimps Holm.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Italian Chapel and Broch of Ayre.
Italian Chapel
Church
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The Italian Chapel is a highly ornate Catholic chapel on Lamb Holm in Orkney, Scotland. It was built during the Second World War by Italian prisoners of war, who were housed on the previously uninhabited island while they constructed the Churchill Barriers to the east of Scapa Flow. Italian Chapel is situated 1,800 feet southeast of Churchill Barriers.
Broch of Ayre
Archaeological site
Photo: Mark Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broch of Ayre, also known as St. Mary's Broch, is an Iron Age broch in Orkney, Scotland. Broch of Ayre is situated 1 mile west of Churchill Barriers.
Loch of Graemeshall
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Loch of Graemeshall is situated 3,500 feet northeast of Churchill Barriers.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Mary’s and Holm.
St Mary’s
Village
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St Mary's is a small village in the parish of Holm on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It was originally a fishing port. Orkney F.C., the island group's main football club, plays its home games at The Rockworks Community Park, St.
Holm
Locality
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Holm, also spelled Ham, is a parish on Mainland, Orkney. An adjacent Sound, running between Mainland, and Burray, is named after Holm. It has since been blocked up by the Churchill Barriers.
Rose Ness
Locality
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Rose Ness is a locality, which is situated 2½ miles southeast of Churchill Barriers.
Churchill Barriers
- Type: Causeway
- Description: four causeways in Orkney, Scotland
- Categories: fixed construction and transportation
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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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”
- Japanese: “チャーチル・バリアーズ”
- Luxembourgish: “Churchill Barriers”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Churchill Barriers”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Churchillbarrierene”
- Norwegian: “Churchill Barriers”
- Polish: “Bariery Churchilla”
- Swedish: “Churchchillbarriären”
- Swedish: “Churchill Barriers”
- Swedish: “Churchillbarriären”
- Swedish: “Churchillbarriärerna”
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