Castle Bloody
Castle Bloody is a prehistoric feature on the island of Shapinsay, Orkney, Scotland. Hogan observes that while the feature is marked as a chambered mound on the UK Ordnance Survey map, the structure is more properly and specifically classified as a souterrain or earth house.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shapinsay and Linton Chapel.
Shapinsay
Photo: Purplebaron, Public domain.
Shapinsay is one of the smaller Orkney Islands, a short ferry ride from Mainland Orkney. It measures about 7 miles north-south by 3 miles east-west, with a population in 2011 of 307, and Balfour the only village.
Linton Chapel
Ruins
Photo: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Linton Chapel is a ruined chapel on the east coast of Shapinsay, Orkney. The chapel is thought to date as early as the 12th century AD. Slightly to the south is a megalithic monument, Castle Bloody. Linton Chapel is situated 1½ miles north of Castle Bloody.
Lairo Water
Lairo Water is a surface water body known as an ayre situated on the western coast of Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands. This brackish water body is separated by a narrow bar of land from Veantro Bay. Lairo Water is situated 2½ miles northwest of Castle Bloody.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rerwick Head and Quholm.
Rerwick Head
Locality
Photo: Adam Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rerwick Head is a locality, which is situated 3 miles south of Castle Bloody.
Quholm
Hamlet
Photo: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Quholm is a farm in the northeast of Shapinsay, in the islands of Orkney, Scotland. Quholm is situated 3 miles north of Castle Bloody.
Balfour
Village
Photo: Shirley Grant, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balfour is a village on the island of Shapinsay, Orkney. The village is situated on Elwick Bay, which was used as an anchorage by Haakon IV of Norway before sailing south to eventual defeat at the Battle of Largs in 1263. Balfour is situated 3½ miles west of Castle Bloody.
Castle Bloody
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: prehistoric feature on the island of Shapinsay, Orkney, Scotland
- Categories: chambered cairn, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
59.03245° or 59° 1′ 57″ northLongitude
-2.81027° or 2° 48′ 37″ westOpen location code
9CFV25JQ+XVOpenStreetMap ID
node 5417071623OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q1049364
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Portuguese—“Castle Bloody” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Castle Bloody”
- German: “Castle Bloody”
- Portuguese: “Castle Bloody”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mor Styne (Prehistoric standing stone) and Burnt Mound (Prehistoric).
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Castle Bloody”. Photo: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0.