The Wards
The Wards is a peak in Orkney Islands, Scotland and has an elevation of 568 feet. The Wards is situated nearby to the locality Starra Fiold, as well as near Nethabooth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Broch of Gurness and Sands of Evie.
Broch of Gurness
Archaeological site
Photo: Ellievking1, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Sands of Evie
Beach
Photo: Mxtt.prior, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Eynhallow
Island
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eynhallow is a small, presently uninhabited island in Eynhallow Sound, between Rousay and the Mainland of Orkney, off the north coast of mainland Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Evie and Tingwall.
Evie
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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.
The Wards
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 568 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
59.1088° or 59° 6′ 32″ northLongitude
-3.1393° or 3° 8′ 22″ westElevation
568 feet (173 metres)Open location code
9CFR4V56+G7OpenStreetMap ID
node 13384287560OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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