Skird Hill
Skird Hill is a peak in Orkney Islands, Scotland and has an elevation of 561 feet. Skird Hill is situated nearby to the locality Glen of the Berry, as well as near Loomi Shuns.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hoglinns Water and Melsetter House, Hoy.
Hoglinns Water
Photo: Roger McLachlan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hoglinns Water is a small freshwater loch in the south of the island of Hoy, Orkney. It drains in to Heldale Water via Hoglinns Burn. The loch was surveyed in 1906 by Sir John Murray and later charted as part of the Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.
Melsetter House, Hoy
Historic building
Photo: Wolfgang Schlick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Melsetter House, Hoy is a historic building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brims and Longhope.
Brims
Locality
Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brims is a village at the southern point of the island of Hoy, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Walls and Flotta. The RNLI lifeboat Thomas McCunn is on display at the Longhope Lifeboat Museum in Brims, which was the Longhope Lifeboat Station until 1999.
Longhope
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longhope is a coastal settlement on the island of South Walls, in Orkney, Scotland. South Walls is linked to Hoy by causeway; Longhope is the largest settlement on the two islands. The settlement is situated on the B9047, the main road on Hoy and South Walls.
Lyness
Village
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lyness is a village on the east coast of the island of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Walls and Flotta, and is situated at the junction of the B9047 and B9048.
Skird Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 561 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.80402° or 58° 48′ 15″ northLongitude
-3.2917° or 3° 17′ 30″ westElevation
561 feet (171 metres)Open location code
9CCRRP35+J8OpenStreetMap ID
node 916786381OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
12612975
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Glen of the Berry and Loomi Shuns.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Heldale Water and Cairn Hill.
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