Rinnigill
Rinnigill is a locality in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Rinnigill is situated nearby to the village Lyness, as well as near the locality Hilltown.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Scapa Flow Museum and Crockness Martello tower.
Scapa Flow Museum
Museum
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Scapa Flow Museum is a war museum in Lyness on the Island of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. Housed within a refurbished Romney hut and oil fuel pump house at the former Lyness royal naval base HMS Proserpine, the museum charts the history of Orkney's involvement in World War I and World War II.
Crockness Martello tower
Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crockness Martello Tower is a Martello Tower on Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. It was built during the Napoleonic Wars, at the same time as the Martello Tower at Hackness.
Royal Naval Cemetery, Lyness, Hoy
Memorial
Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Royal Naval Cemetery, Lyness, Hoy is a memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lyness and Longhope.
Lyness
Village
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lyness is a village on the east coast of the island of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Walls and Flotta, and is situated at the junction of the B9047 and B9048.
Longhope
Village
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Longhope is a coastal settlement on the island of South Walls, in Orkney, Scotland. South Walls is linked to Hoy by causeway; Longhope is the largest settlement on the two islands. The settlement is situated on the B9047, the main road on Hoy and South Walls. Longhope is situated 2 miles south of Rinnigill.
Point of Hackness
Locality
Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Point of Hackness is a locality, which is situated 2 miles southeast of Rinnigill.
Rinnigill
- Type: Locality
- Description: hamlet in Walls and Flotta, Hoy, Orkney Islands, Scotland
- Category: hamlet
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.82612° or 58° 49′ 34″ northLongitude
-3.19039° or 3° 11′ 25″ westElevation
36 feet (11 metres)Open location code
9CCRRRG5+CROpenStreetMap ID
node 1346094394OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
13282677Wikidata ID
Q111578526
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Highlights include Former Torpedo Depot - now council depot and Pill Box (Burn of Or - Royal Navy oil terminal.
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