Kirkie Hill
Kirkie Hill is a peak in Orkney Islands, Scotland and has an elevation of 249 feet. Kirkie Hill is situated nearby to the locality West Shaird, as well as near Sandwick.Places of Interest
Highlights include South Ronaldsay and Sandwick House, South Ronaldsay.
South Ronaldsay
Photo: Nachosan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
South Ronaldsay is the most southerly of the Orkney Islands, with its main settlement at St Margaret's Hope, and a population in 2011 of 909. Burray just north has always been joined by a sandy spit to South Ronaldsay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandwick and Herston.
Sandwick
Locality
Photo: John Comloquoy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sandwick is a parish on the west coast of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland, 4 miles north of Stromness. The parish's name derives from the Old Norse Sandvík meaning "Sand Bay".
Herston
Hamlet
Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Herston is a village on South Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom. Herston is historically a fishing village but its only industry to speak of is Herston Stained Glass, now that Herston Hikers Hostel is now inactive.
Saint Margaret’s Hope
Village
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Margaret's Hope is a village in the Orkney Islands, off the north coast of Scotland. It is known locally as The Hope or The Hup. With a population of about 550, it is Orkney's third largest settlement after Kirkwall and Stromness.
Kirkie Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 249 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.79565° or 58° 47′ 44″ northLongitude
-2.97365° or 2° 58′ 25″ westElevation
249 feet (76 metres)Open location code
9CCVQ2WG+7GOpenStreetMap ID
node 1339581052OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
12617342
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as West Shaird and Site of hut and searchlight emplacement (WW2).
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Clouduhall aka Cloddyhall (Prehistoric standing stone) and Clouduhal Cist (and possible chambered cairn).
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