Corston
Corston is a locality in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Corston is situated nearby to the locality Corrigall, as well as near Quoys of the Hill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Knowes of Trotty and Dounby Click Mill.
Knowes of Trotty
Archaeological site
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The Knowes of Trotty is a Bronze Age cemetery located in Mainland, Orkney in Scotland. The ancient site consists of a group of twelve surviving burial mounds, dating to 2030–1770 BC. Knowes of Trotty is situated 2 miles southeast of Corston.
Dounby Click Mill
Watermill
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Dounby Click Mill is a mill located on the Mainland of Orkney, in Scotland. It is the last of the horizontal or "Norse" watermills of Orkney still in working order. Dounby Click Mill is situated 2½ miles north of Corston.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harray and Dounby.
Harray
Village
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Harray is an Orcadian parish and village on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom. The village is near the Loch of Harray and was used by the Vikings for waterway transportation and Old Norse was spoken in the area up until the 1700s.
Dounby
Village
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Dounby is a village on Mainland in Orkney, in the north of Scotland. Dounby village is situated at the crossroads of what are now the A986 and B9057, and has grown close to the meeting point of the three parishes of Sandwick, Birsay and Harray. Dounby is situated 1½ miles northwest of Corston.
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. Firth is situated 4 miles southeast of Corston.
Corston
- Type: Locality
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
59.05324° or 59° 3′ 12″ northLongitude
-3.19302° or 3° 11′ 35″ westElevation
82 feet (25 metres)Open location code
9CFR3R34+7QOpenStreetMap ID
node 1348017172OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
13269287
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