Osmondwall
Osmondwall is a locality in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Osmondwall is situated nearby to the locality Roeberry, as well as near Cantick Head.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cantick Head Lighthouse and Hackness Martello Tower and Battery.
Cantick Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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The Cantick Head Lighthouse is an active 19th century lighthouse on the Scottish island of South Walls in the Orkney Islands. It is located at the end of Cantick Head, a long peninsula on the south-eastern coast of South Walls that overlooks the Pentland Firth and the Sound of Hoxa, which forms the southern entry to the natural harbour of Scapa Flow.
Hackness Martello Tower and Battery
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Hackness Martello Tower and Battery is a former British Army barracks and currently a museum located on the island of South Walls, in Orkney, Scotland.
Switha
Islet
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Switha is an uninhabited island towards the south of Orkney, Scotland, approximately 41 hectares in area. Switha is situated 2 miles northeast of Osmondwall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Point of Hackness and Longhope.
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 northwest of Osmondwall.
Brims
Locality
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Brims is a village at the southern point of the island of Hoy, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Walls and Flotta. The RNLI lifeboat Thomas McCunn is on display at the Longhope Lifeboat Museum in Brims, which was the Longhope Lifeboat Station until 1999. Brims is situated 2½ miles west of Osmondwall.
Osmondwall
- Type: Locality
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.78606° or 58° 47′ 10″ northLongitude
-3.15995° or 3° 9′ 36″ westElevation
46 feet (14 metres)Open location code
9CCRQRPR+C2OpenStreetMap ID
node 1346094628OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
13282696
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