Foubister
Foubister is a locality in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Foubister is situated nearby to the village Toab, as well as near the locality Milldam.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mine Howe and Sebay Mill.
Mine Howe
Archaeological site
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Mine Howe is an Iron Age subterranean man-made chamber dug 6 meters deep inside a large mound. It is located in the Tankerness area of Orkney, Scotland, about 5 miles southeast of Kirkwall, the capital of Orkney. Mine Howe is situated 1½ miles north of Foubister.
Dingy’s Howe,broch,Upper Sanday
Archaeological site
Photo: s allison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dingy’s Howe,broch,Upper Sanday is an archaeological site, which is situated 2 miles east of Foubister.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holm and Tankerness.
Holm
Locality
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Holm, also spelled Ham, is a parish on Mainland, Orkney. An adjacent Sound, running between Mainland, and Burray, is named after Holm. It has since been blocked up by the Churchill Barriers. Holm is situated 2 miles southwest of Foubister.
Tankerness
Village
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Tankerness is a district in the St Andrews parish in Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. Essentially a peninsula, it is about 13 kilometres south-east of Kirkwall and 1 kilometre east of Kirkwall Airport. Tankerness is situated 2½ miles north of Foubister.
St Andrews
Locality
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St Andrews is a parish on Mainland, Orkney in Scotland. It is located east of the town of Kirkwall and the parish of St Ola and lies north of Holm and west of Deerness. St Andrews is situated 2½ miles northwest of Foubister.
Foubister
- Type: Locality
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.9169° or 58° 55′ 1″ northLongitude
-2.83846° or 2° 50′ 19″ westElevation
89 feet (27 metres)Open location code
9CCVW586+QJOpenStreetMap ID
node 8294913737OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
13277285
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