Crockness
Crockness is a locality in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Crockness is situated nearby to the locality Rinnigill, as well as near Little Ayre.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Crockness Martello tower and Flotta Airport.
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.
Flotta Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Point of Hackness and Lyness.
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.
Crockness
- Type: Locality
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.81704° or 58° 49′ 1″ northLongitude
-3.18107° or 3° 10′ 52″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
9CCRRR89+RHGeoNames ID
13283525
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Rinnigill and Little Ayre.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Crock Ness and Ore Bay.
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