Keelylang Hill
Keelylang Hill is a peak in Orkney Islands, Scotland and has an elevation of 725 feet. Keelylang Hill is situated nearby to the locality Kingsdale landfill, as well as near Cooick.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Holm of Grimbister and Rennibister Earth House.
Holm of Grimbister
Islet
Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holm of Grimbister is an inhabited tidal islet in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland. Located in the Bay of Firth near Finstown it is connected to Mainland Orkney by a causeway.
Rennibister Earth House
Archaeological site
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rennibister Earth House is an Iron Age underground structure known as a souterrain. It is located on the Mainland of Orkney, in Scotland. The monument was discovered in 1926 when a threshing machine caused the roof to collapse.
Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn
Archaeological site
Photo: Adrazahl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn is a Neolithic chambered cairn on Mainland, the main island of Orkney, Scotland, about 6 miles west of Kirkwall. It dates to around 3000 BC, and is similar in design to Maeshowe, but on a smaller scale.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Finstown and Firth.
Finstown
Village
Photo: Mark Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Finstown is a village in the parish of Firth on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It is the fourth-largest settlement in the Orkney Islands. According to travel author Eric Linklater, the homes in Finstown are tidy and well cared for.
Firth
Locality
Firth is a civil parish mainly on Mainland, Orkney. The islands of Damsay and Holm of Grimbister, which lie in the Bay of Firth, are also in the parish.
Orphir
Village
Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Orphir is a parish and settlement on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It is approximately 9 miles southwest of Kirkwall, and comprises a seaboard tract of about 7 by 3+1⁄2 mi, and includes Cava and the Holm of Houton.
Keelylang Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 725 feet
- Description: hill on Mainland, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.97502° or 58° 58′ 30″ northLongitude
-3.08382° or 3° 5′ 2″ westElevation
725 feet (221 metres)Open location code
9CCRXWG8+2FOpenStreetMap ID
node 3407058607OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
“Keelylang Hill” goes by many names.
- Scottish Gaelic: “Keelylang Hill”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kingsdale landfill and Cooick.
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