Ward Hill
Ward Hill is a peak in Orkney Islands, Scotland and has an elevation of 387 feet. Ward Hill is situated nearby to the locality Hesta Head, as well as near Mouster Head.Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include South Ronaldsay and Cairns O‘ The Bu.
South Ronaldsay
Photo: Nachosan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
South Ronaldsay is the most southerly of the Orkney Islands, with its main settlement at St Margaret's Hope, and a population in 2011 of 909. Burray just north has always been joined by a sandy spit to South Ronaldsay.
Cairns O‘ The Bu
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cairns O‘ The Bu is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint Margaret’s Hope and Sandwick.
Saint Margaret’s Hope
Village
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Margaret's Hope is a village in the Orkney Islands, off the north coast of Scotland. It is known locally as The Hope or The Hup. With a population of about 550, it is Orkney's third largest settlement after Kirkwall and Stromness.
Sandwick
Locality
Photo: John Comloquoy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sandwick is a parish on the west coast of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland, 4 miles north of Stromness. The parish's name derives from the Old Norse Sandvík meaning "Sand Bay".
Herston
Hamlet
Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Herston is a village on South Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom. Herston is historically a fishing village but its only industry to speak of is Herston Stained Glass, now that Herston Hikers Hostel is now inactive.
Ward Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 387 feet
- Description: hill on South Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.782° or 58° 46′ 55″ northLongitude
-2.9436° or 2° 56′ 37″ westElevation
387 feet (118 metres)Open location code
9CCVQ3J4+RGOpenStreetMap ID
node 1329807790OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakWikidata ID
Q25635113
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In Other Languages
“Ward Hill” goes by many names.
- Scottish Gaelic: “Ward Hill”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Upper Olad and Stews Standing stone (Prehistoric).
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