Knitchen Hill
Knitchen Hill is a peak in Orkney Islands, Scotland and has an elevation of 745 feet. Knitchen Hill is situated nearby to the locality Glifter, as well as near Hass of Goustie.Places of Interest
Highlights include Rousay and Wyre.
Rousay
Photo: Jonesl84, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rousay is one of the Orkney Islands, separated by a mile-wide strait from Orkney Mainland. Its name is Norse, Hrólfsey meaning Rolf's Island, and it's small and hilly, only 5 by 3 miles, with a population of 219 in 2011.
Wyre
Island
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Wyre is one of the Orkney Islands, lying south-east of Rousay. It is 311 hectares and 32 metres at its highest point. It is one of the smallest inhabited islands in the archipelago.
Taversöe Tuick
Archaeological site
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Taversöe Tuick is a Neolithic burial cairn on Rousay, Orkney, Scotland, thought to date from between 4000 and 2500 BCE. The monument includes a rare example of a double-tiered chamber, an upper chamber approached via a passageway and a lower subterranean chamber, originally separate, which can now be reached via a modern ladder from the upper chamber.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Evie and Tingwall.
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.
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.
Knitchen Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 745 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.1423° or 59° 8′ 32″ northLongitude
-3° or 3° westElevation
745 feet (227 metres)Open location code
9CFR4XRX+WXOpenStreetMap ID
node 1329655147OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Kingarly Hill and Glifter (ruins).
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