Little Howe

Places of Interest

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.

Sandwick House, South Ronaldsay

House

Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

W Hourston Blacksmiths Museum

Museum

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W Hourston Blacksmiths Museum is situated 2 miles northeast of Little Howe.

Places in the Area

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.

Sandwick

Locality

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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".

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. Saint Margaret’s Hope is situated 2 miles northeast of Little Howe.

Little Howe

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