Quindry

Quindry is a hamlet in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Quindry is situated nearby to the hamlet Roeberry, as well as near Herston.

Places of Interest

Highlights include W Hourston Blacksmiths Museum and Hoxa Head Lighthouse.

W Hourston Blacksmiths Museum

Museum

Photo: Antony Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hoxa Head Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hoxa Head Lighthouse is situated 1½ miles west of Quindry.

Sorquoy,standing stone,Papley

Archaeological site

Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sorquoy,standing stone,Papley is an archaeological site, which is situated 2½ miles east of Quindry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Herston and Saint Margaret’s Hope.

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.

Hoxa

Village

Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hoxa is a small settlement on the island of South Ronaldsay in the Orkney Islands north of mainland Scotland. Hoxa is located 1+1⁄4 miles west of St Margaret's Hope at the end of the B9043 road.

Quindry

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.81756° or 58° 49′ 3″ north

Longitude

-2.98668° or 2° 59′ 12″ west

Elevation

46 feet (14 metres)

Open location code

9CCVR297+28

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5613933737

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

13274244

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