Old Finstown Road
Old Finstown Road is a bus stop in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Old Finstown Road is situated nearby to the community center Firth Community Centre, as well as near the archaeological site Tumuli.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn and Holm of Grimbister.
Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn
Archaeological site
Photo: Adrazahl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn is a Neolithic chambered cairn on Mainland, the main island of Orkney, Scotland, about 6 miles west of Kirkwall. It dates to around 3000 BC, and is similar in design to Maeshowe, but on a smaller scale. Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn is situated 2,500 feet south of Old Finstown Road.
Holm of Grimbister
Islet
Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holm of Grimbister is an inhabited tidal islet in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland. Located in the Bay of Firth near Finstown it is connected to Mainland Orkney by a causeway.
Finstown Mill
Watermill
Photo: Mark Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Finstown Mill is a watermill, which is situated 3,500 feet northwest of Old Finstown Road.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Finstown and Firth.
Finstown
Village
Photo: Mark Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Finstown is a village in the parish of Firth on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It is the fourth-largest settlement in the Orkney Islands. According to travel author Eric Linklater, the homes in Finstown are tidy and well cared for.
Firth
Locality
Firth is a civil parish mainly on Mainland, Orkney. The islands of Damsay and Holm of Grimbister, which lie in the Bay of Firth, are also in the parish.
Harray
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harray is an Orcadian parish and village on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom. The village is near the Loch of Harray and was used by the Vikings for waterway transportation and Old Norse was spoken in the area up until the 1700s. Harray is situated 3½ miles northwest of Old Finstown Road.
Old Finstown Road
- Type: Bus stop
- Category: transportation
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
59.0041° or 59° 0′ 15″ northLongitude
-3.11065° or 3° 6′ 38″ westOpen location code
9CFR2V3Q+JPOpenStreetMap ID
node 11883332935OpenStreetMap feature
highway=bus_stopOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=platform
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