Walls War Memorial
Walls War Memorial is a memorial in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Walls War Memorial is situated nearby to Longhope Post Office, as well as near Longhope Pier.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Longhope Lifeboat Museum and Hackness Martello Tower and Battery.
Longhope Lifeboat Museum
Museum
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Longhope Lifeboat Museum is a museum at Brims on the island of Hoy in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The museum's main exhibit is the former lifeboat Thomas McCunn, the lifeboat that served the islands of Hoy and South Walls between 1933 and 1962. Longhope Lifeboat Museum is situated 1½ miles southwest of Walls War Memorial.
Hackness Martello Tower and Battery
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Hackness Martello Tower and Battery is a former British Army barracks and currently a museum located on the island of South Walls, in Orkney, Scotland. Hackness Martello Tower and Battery is situated 2 miles east of Walls War Memorial.
Crockness Martello tower
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Crockness Martello Tower is a Martello Tower on Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. It was built during the Napoleonic Wars, at the same time as the Martello Tower at Hackness. Crockness Martello tower is situated 2 miles northeast of Walls War Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Longhope and Brims.
Longhope
Village
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Longhope is a coastal settlement on the island of South Walls, in Orkney, Scotland. South Walls is linked to Hoy by causeway; Longhope is the largest settlement on the two islands. The settlement is situated on the B9047, the main road on Hoy and South Walls.
Brims
Locality
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Brims is a village at the southern point of the island of Hoy, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Walls and Flotta. The RNLI lifeboat Thomas McCunn is on display at the Longhope Lifeboat Museum in Brims, which was the Longhope Lifeboat Station until 1999. Brims is situated 1½ miles southwest of Walls War Memorial.
Point of Hackness
Locality
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Point of Hackness is a locality, which is situated 2 miles east of Walls War Memorial.
Walls War Memorial
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “To the glory of God and in grateful memory of those from this parish who gave their lives for King and country in the Great War 1914 – 1918.”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.7995° or 58° 47′ 58″ northLongitude
-3.20643° or 3° 12′ 23″ westInception
1921Open location code
9CCRQQXV+QCOpenStreetMap ID
node 5095477236OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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