Kirkwall and St. Ola War Memorial
Kirkwall and St. Ola War Memorial is a memorial in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Kirkwall and St. Ola War Memorial is situated nearby to the government office Orkney & Shetland Valuation Joint Board, as well as near the church St Magnus Cathedral.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Magnus Cathedral and The Orkney Museum.
St Magnus Cathedral
Church
Photo: Robert Scarth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Magnus Cathedral is a Church of Scotland parish church in Kirkwall, the main town of Orkney, a group of islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland.
The Orkney Museum
Museum
Photo: Andrew Abbott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Orkney Museum, formerly Tankerness House Museum, is a history museum in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. Run by Orkney Islands Council, the museum covers the history of the Orkney Islands from the Stone Age through the Picts and Vikings to the present day.
Bishop’s Palace
Photo: Oehoe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall is a 12th-century palace built at the same time as the adjacent St Magnus Cathedral in the centre of Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirkwall and St Ola.
Kirkwall
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kirkwall is the chief town of the Orkney Islands, which lie off the north tip of mainland Scotland. With a population of about 10,000 in 2020, Kirkwall has accommodation and other amenities and is the obvious base for exploring these islands.
St Ola
Locality
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St Ola is a parish on Mainland, Orkney. It is in the centre of the island, east of the parish Firth and north of Holm. It contains the capital and largest town of the Orkney archipelago, Kirkwall.
Head of Holland
Locality
Photo: Adam Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Head of Holland is a locality, which is situated 2½ miles east of Kirkwall and St. Ola War Memorial.
Kirkwall and St. Ola War Memorial
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “To the glory of God In memory of the men of Kirkwall And St. Ola who fell for freedom in The Great War”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.98176° or 58° 58′ 54″ northLongitude
-2.95993° or 2° 57′ 36″ westInception
1923Open location code
9CCVX2JR+P2OpenStreetMap ID
node 5094976057OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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