Toab
Toab is a village in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Toab is situated nearby to the locality Foubister, as well as near Milldam.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mine Howe and Sebay Mill.
Mine Howe
Archaeological site
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
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 1½ miles east of Toab.
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 Toab.
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 2 miles north of Toab.
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 Toab.
Toab
- Type: Village
- Category: locality
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.92225° or 58° 55′ 20″ northLongitude
-2.8311° or 2° 49′ 52″ westElevation
49 feet (15 metres)Open location code
9CCVW5C9+VHOpenStreetMap ID
node 8298204663OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
13282652
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