St Mary’s
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mark Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Saint Mary’s” and “St Mary’s, Orkney”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Broch of Ayre and Italian Chapel.
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.
Italian Chapel
Church
Photo: Gregory J Kingsley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holm and Rose Ness.
Holm
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Mark Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rose Ness is a locality, which is situated 3½ miles southeast of St Mary’s.
HMS Royal Oak
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
HMS Royal Oak was one of five Revenge-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Completed in 1916, the ship first saw combat at the Battle of Jutland as part of the Grand Fleet. HMS Royal Oak is situated 3½ miles northwest of St Mary’s.
St Mary’s
- Category: locality
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.89604° or 58° 53′ 46″ northLongitude
-2.91537° or 2° 54′ 55″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
9CCVV3WM+CVOpenStreetMap ID
node 87935364OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Japanese—“St Mary’s” goes by many names.
- Basque: “St Mary’s”
- Dutch: “St Mary’s”
- French: “St Mary’s”
- German: “St Mary’s (Orkney)”
- German: “St Mary’s”
- Japanese: “セント・メアリーズ”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as The Strond (former WW2 Cinema) and Site of WW2 Balloon Repair Sheds with a RAF Camp at the back.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Holm Community Centre and Temperance Hall, St Mary’s Village.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “St Mary’s”. Photo: Mark Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0.