Rousay, War Memorial

Rousay, War Memorial is a memorial in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Rousay, War Memorial is situated nearby to the playground Brinian Play Park, as well as near the museum Rousay Heritage Centre.

Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Memorial
Description: war memorial in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “War Memorial”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wyre and Cubbie Roo’s Burden, chambered cairn, Rousay.

Wyre

Island

Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wyre is one of the Orkney Islands, lying south-east of Rousay. It is 311 hectares and 32 metres at its highest point. It is one of the smallest inhabited islands in the archipelago.

Cubbie Roo’s Burden, chambered cairn, Rousay

Archaeological site

Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cubbie Roo’s Burden, chambered cairn, Rousay is an archaeological site, which is situated 1,700 feet northeast of Rousay, War Memorial.

Taversöe Tuick

Archaeological site

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Taversöe Tuick is a Neolithic burial cairn on Rousay, Orkney, Scotland, thought to date from between 4000 and 2500 BCE. The monument includes a rare example of a double-tiered chamber, an upper chamber approached via a passageway and a lower subterranean chamber, originally separate, which can now be reached via a modern ladder from the upper chamber. Taversöe Tuick is situated 3,200 feet west of Rousay, War Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tingwall and Evie.

Tingwall

Village

Tingwall is a farm and ferry terminal that lies on the north-east coast of Orkney's West Mainland on the Gairsay Sound in the parish of Evie and Rendall. Tingwall is situated 3½ miles southwest of Rousay, War Memorial.

Evie

Village

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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. Evie is situated 4 miles southwest of Rousay, War Memorial.

Rendall

Village

Photo: John Comloquoy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rendall is a parish on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It is in the north west of the island and lies east of the parishes of Birsay and Evie and north east of Harray. The island of Gairsay is also in the parish. Rendall is situated 6 miles southwest of Rousay, War Memorial.

Rousay, War Memorial

Categories: war memorial and historic site
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

59.1318° or 59° 7′ 55″ north

Longitude

-2.98795° or 2° 59′ 17″ west

Open location code

9CFV42J6+PR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4529309134

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

Wikidata ID

Q114168967

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