Clouston
Clouston is a village in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Clouston is situated nearby to the locality The Bush, as well as near Congesquoy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Standing Stones of Stenness and Unstan Chambered Cairn.
Standing Stones of Stenness
Archaeological site
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Standing Stones of Stenness are a Neolithic monument five miles northeast of Stromness on the mainland of Orkney, Scotland. This may be the oldest henge site in the British Isles.
Unstan Chambered Cairn
Photo: Bruce McAdam, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Unstan is a Neolithic chambered cairn located about 2 mi north-east of Stromness on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. The tomb was built on a promontory that extends into the Loch of Stenness near the settlement of Howe.
Ness of Brodgar
Protected area
The Ness of Brodgar is a Neolithic archaeological site covering 2.5 hectares located between the Ring of Brodgar and the Stones of Stenness in the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stenness and Cairston.
Stenness
Photo: Nachosan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stenness is a small, scattered village in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, on the A965 main road between Kirkwall and Stromness. It has several UNESCO World Heritage Listed neolithic sights: the Stones, Maeshowe and Ring of Brodgar, with Skara Brae a few miles further north.
Cairston
Locality
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cairston is a village on Mainland, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Stromness. Cairston is situated 1½ miles west of Clouston.
Bu‘ Point
Locality
Photo: John Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bu‘ Point is a locality, which is situated 2 miles southwest of Clouston.
Clouston
- Type: Village
- Category: locality
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.983° or 58° 58′ 59″ northLongitude
-3.23153° or 3° 13′ 54″ westElevation
167 feet (51 metres)Open location code
9CCRXQM9+59OpenStreetMap ID
node 13267398743OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12266340
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