Crockness

Crockness is a locality in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Crockness is situated nearby to the locality Rinnigill, as well as near Little Ayre.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Crockness Martello tower and Scapa Flow Museum.

Crockness Martello tower

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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.

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.

Flotta Airport

Aerodrome

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Flotta Isle Airport is a small airport located on the Orkney isle of Flotta. The asphalt runway orientation is at 16/34, with an elevation of 70 feet, and is 2,490 feet in length. Flotta Airport is situated 1½ miles northeast of Crockness.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Longhope and Lyness.

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.

Lyness

Village

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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.