Thorfinn’s Home?
Thorfinn’s Home? is in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Thorfinn’s Home? is situated nearby to the archaeological site Brough of Birsay, as well as near Buckquoy (settlement).Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Brough of Birsay and Brough of Birsay Lighthouse.
Brough of Birsay
Islet
Photo: Chmee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Brough of Birsay is an uninhabited tidal island off the north-west coast of The Mainland of Orkney, Scotland, in the parish of Birsay. It is located around 13 miles north of Stromness and features the remains of Pictish and Norse settlements as well as a modern lighthouse.
Brough of Birsay Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Rob Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The unmanned Brough of Birsay Lighthouse lighthouse was built in 1925 by David A Stevenson. It is located on the Brough of Birsay, an uninhabited tidal island off the northwest coast of Mainland in Orkney, Scotland, in the parish of Birsay. Brough of Birsay Lighthouse is situated 1,800 feet west of Thorfinn’s Home?.
St Magnus Church
Church
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Magnus Church, Birsay is a 17th-century church located in the parish of Birsay on Mainland, Orkney in Scotland. Built in 1664 on the site of an earlier, 11th-century church, St Magnus was later expanded in 1760 and 1867. St Magnus Church is situated 3,600 feet southeast of Thorfinn’s Home?.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birsay and Twatt.
Birsay
Photo: Chmee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Birsay is a small village on the north coast of Orkney Mainland. It's the site of the ruined Earl's Palace, and just offshore is the Brough of Birsay with medieval Norse remains.
Twatt
Village
Photo: J M Briscoe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Twatt is a settlement in the parish of Birsay on the Mainland of Orkney, Scotland. It was previously the location of RNAS Twatt, from 1940–1949. Twatt is situated at the junction of the A986 and the A967. Twatt is situated 3 miles southeast of Thorfinn’s Home?.
Dounby
Village
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dounby is a village on Mainland in Orkney, in the north of Scotland. Dounby village is situated at the crossroads of what are now the A986 and B9057, and has grown close to the meeting point of the three parishes of Sandwick, Birsay and Harray. Dounby is situated 6 miles southeast of Thorfinn’s Home?.
Thorfinn’s Home?
- Type: Sign
- Categories: information and tourism
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
59.13672° or 59° 8′ 12″ northLongitude
-3.32967° or 3° 19′ 47″ westOpen location code
9CFR4MPC+M4OpenStreetMap ID
node 14024679345OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=information
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