Banks Head

Banks Head is a locality in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Banks Head is situated nearby to the hamlet Liddle, as well as near the locality Cleat.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tomb of the Eagles and Liddle Burnt Mound.

Tomb of the Eagles

Grassland

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The Tomb of the Eagles, or Isbister Chambered Cairn, is a Neolithic chambered tomb located on a cliff edge at Isbister on South Ronaldsay in Orkney, Scotland.

Liddle Burnt Mound

Archaeological site

Photo: Unukorno, CC BY 4.0.

Liddle Burnt Mound is a Bronze Age site on the island of South Ronaldsay, Orkney. The site consists of the remains of a building and a mound that surrounds it on three sides.

St Mary’s Church, South Ronaldsay

Church

Photo: Beep boop beep, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brough Ness and Sandwick.

Brough Ness

Locality

Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brough Ness is a locality.

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". Sandwick is situated 4 miles north of Banks Head.

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. Herston is situated 6 miles northwest of Banks Head.

Banks Head

Type: Locality
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.73271° or 58° 43′ 58″ north

Longitude

-2.93411° or 2° 56′ 3″ west

Open location code

9CCVP3M8+39

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1343685247

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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