Stone
Stone is a locality in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Stone is situated nearby to the locality Inner Cupper, as well as near Woodwick.Places of Interest
Highlights include Broch of Gurness and Ness of Woodwick, broch, 970m E of Lower Bisgarth.
Broch of Gurness
Archaeological site
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The Broch of Gurness is an Iron Age broch village on the northeast coast of Mainland Orkney in Scotland overlooking Eynhallow Sound, about 15 miles north-west of Kirkwall. Broch of Gurness is situated 2 miles north of Stone.
Ness of Woodwick, broch, 970m E of Lower Bisgarth
Archaeological site
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Ness of Woodwick, broch, 970m E of Lower Bisgarth is an archaeological site.
Sands of Evie
Beach
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The Sands of Evie is a sandy beach landform near the village of Evie on Mainland Orkney, Scotland, protected by the Point of Hellia headland. This beach forms the southern boundary of Aikerness Bay, an element of Eynhallow Sound. Sands of Evie is situated 2 miles northwest of Stone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tingwall and Evie.
Tingwall
Village
Tingwall is a farm and ferry terminal that lies on the north-east coast of Orkney's West Mainland on the Gairsay Sound in the parish of Evie and Rendall.
Evie
Village
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Evie is a parish and village on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. The parish is located in the north-west of the Mainland, between Birsay and Rendall, forming the coastline opposite the isle of Rousay.
Rendall
Village
Photo: John Comloquoy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rendall is a parish on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It is in the north west of the island and lies east of the parishes of Birsay and Evie and north east of Harray. The island of Gairsay is also in the parish. Rendall is situated 2 miles south of Stone.
Stone
- Type: Locality
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
59.09217° or 59° 5′ 32″ northLongitude
-3.06738° or 3° 4′ 3″ westOpen location code
9CFR3WRM+V2OpenStreetMap ID
node 10929406302OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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