Skelday Hill

Skelday Hill is a peak in Orkney Islands, Scotland and has an elevation of 512 feet. Skelday Hill is situated nearby to the locality Sleet Moss, as well as near Starra Fiold.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dounby Click Mill and Kirbuster Farm Museum.

Dounby Click Mill

Watermill

Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dounby Click Mill is a mill located on the Mainland of Orkney, in Scotland. It is the last of the horizontal or "Norse" watermills of Orkney still in working order.

Vinquin, broch, 145m SSW of Upper Arsdale

Archaeological site

Photo: Rude Health, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Vinquin, broch, 145m SSW of Upper Arsdale is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Twatt and Dounby.

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.

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.

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.

Skelday Hill

Type: Peak with an elevation of 512 feet
Category: landform
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

59.1026° or 59° 6′ 9″ north

Longitude

-3.1875° or 3° 11′ 15″ west

Elevation

512 feet (156 metres)

Open location code

9CFR4R37+22

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3407069717

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Sleet Moss and Starra Fiold.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mid Hill and Click Mill.

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