Skeabrae Airfield Memorial
Skeabrae Airfield Memorial is a memorial in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Skeabrae Airfield Memorial is situated nearby to the ruins Old RAF cinema and gymnasium (WW2), as well as near the village Dounby.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Skaill House and Sabiston Mill, Dounby.
Skaill House
Photo: Wojsyl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Skaill House is a historic manor house in Sandwick parish on Mainland, the largest of the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The house overlooks the Neolithic site, Skara Brae, and the Bay of Skaill. Skaill House is situated 2½ miles southwest of Skeabrae Airfield Memorial.
Sabiston Mill, Dounby
Watermill
Photo: Andy Farrington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sabiston Mill, Dounby is a watermill, which is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Skeabrae Airfield Memorial.
Loch of Skaill
Photo: John Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Loch of Skaill is a small somewhat triangular, freshwater loch in the parish of Sandwick, Orkney on Mainland Orkney, Scotland. It lies 0.5 mi south east of the Bay of Skaill close to Skaill House and the World Heritage neolithic site Skara Brae. Loch of Skaill is situated 2 miles southwest of Skeabrae Airfield Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dounby and Twatt.
Dounby
Village
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dounby is a village on Mainland in Orkney, in the north of Scotland. Dounby village is situated at the crossroads of what are now the A986 and B9057, and has grown close to the meeting point of the three parishes of Sandwick, Birsay and Harray. Dounby is situated 2 miles east of Skeabrae Airfield Memorial.
Twatt
Village
Photo: J M Briscoe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Twatt is a settlement in the parish of Birsay on the Mainland of Orkney, Scotland. It was previously the location of RNAS Twatt, from 1940–1949. Twatt is situated at the junction of the A986 and the A967. Twatt is situated 2½ miles north of Skeabrae Airfield Memorial.
Harray
Village
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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 southeast of Skeabrae Airfield Memorial.
Skeabrae Airfield Memorial
- Type: Memorial
- Category: historic site
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
59.06689° or 59° 4′ 1″ northLongitude
-3.28062° or 3° 16′ 50″ westInception
2017Open location code
9CFR3P89+QQOpenStreetMap ID
node 13076046306OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Old RAF cinema and gymnasium (WW2) and Quoyloo Quarry.
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