Kilns of Rowamo

Kilns of Rowamo is a locality in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Kilns of Rowamo is situated nearby to the locality Sinisinkar, as well as near Sout Liscups.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Knowes of Trotty and Finstown Mill.

Knowes of Trotty

Archaeological site

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The Knowes of Trotty is a Bronze Age cemetery located in Mainland, Orkney in Scotland. The ancient site consists of a group of twelve surviving burial mounds, dating to 2030–1770 BC.

Finstown Mill

Watermill

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Finstown Mill is a watermill, which is situated 1½ miles south of Kilns of Rowamo.

Buckle's Tower is a historic stone-built tower upon the Hill of Heddle in Firth, Orkney. The tower was originally built sometime during the 1870s by a local shepherd boy named William Buckle who watched the sheep on the Hill of Heddle. Buckle’s Tower is situated 2 miles south of Kilns of Rowamo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Firth and Finstown.

Firth

Locality

Firth is a civil parish mainly on Mainland, Orkney. The islands of Damsay and Holm of Grimbister, which lie in the Bay of Firth, are also in the parish. Firth is situated 1½ miles south of Kilns of Rowamo.

Finstown

Village

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Finstown is a village in the parish of Firth on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It is the fourth-largest settlement in the Orkney Islands. According to travel author Eric Linklater, the homes in Finstown are tidy and well cared for. Finstown is situated 2 miles south of Kilns of Rowamo.

Harray

Village

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Harray is an Orcadian parish and village on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom. The village is near the Loch of Harray and was used by the Vikings for waterway transportation and Old Norse was spoken in the area up until the 1700s. Harray is situated 2 miles west of Kilns of Rowamo.

Kilns of Rowamo

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

59.03258° or 59° 1′ 57″ north

Longitude

-3.13046° or 3° 7′ 50″ west

Open location code

9CFR2VM9+2R

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1348017477

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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