Loch of Swarsquoy

Loch of Swarsquoy is a lagoon in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Loch of Swarsquoy is situated nearby to the locality St Andrews, as well as near the aerodrome Kirkwall Airport.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kirkwall Airport and Loch of Tankerness.

Kirkwall Airport

Aerodrome

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Kirkwall Airport is the main airport serving Orkney in Scotland. It is located 2.5 NM southeast of Kirkwall and is owned by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited. The airport is used by Loganair.

Loch of Tankerness is a large, lowland, freshwater loch on the Orkney mainland in Scotland. The loch is roughly triangular in shape and is shallow with a flat bottom that gradually deepens from west to east. It lies approximately 4 mi southeast of Kirkwall. Loch of Tankerness is situated 1 mile east of Loch of Swarsquoy.

Mine Howe

Archaeological site

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Mine Howe is an Iron Age subterranean man-made chamber dug 6 meters deep inside a large mound. It is located in the Tankerness area of Orkney, Scotland, about 5 miles southeast of Kirkwall, the capital of Orkney. Mine Howe is situated 2½ miles south of Loch of Swarsquoy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Andrews and Tankerness.

St Andrews

Locality

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St Andrews is a parish on Mainland, Orkney in Scotland. It is located east of the town of Kirkwall and the parish of St Ola and lies north of Holm and west of Deerness.

Tankerness

Village

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Tankerness is a district in the St Andrews parish in Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. Essentially a peninsula, it is about 13 kilometres south-east of Kirkwall and 1 kilometre east of Kirkwall Airport.