Long Ayre

Long Ayre is a beach in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Long Ayre is situated nearby to the archaeological site St Ola’s Chapel (Norse) and burial ground (Medieval), as well as near the hamlet Herston.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include W Hourston Blacksmiths Museum and Hoxa Head Lighthouse.

W Hourston Blacksmiths Museum

Museum

Photo: Antony Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

W Hourston Blacksmiths Museum is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Long Ayre.

Hoxa Head Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hoxa Head Lighthouse is situated 2 miles west of Long Ayre.

Sorquoy,standing stone,Papley

Archaeological site

Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sorquoy,standing stone,Papley is an archaeological site, which is situated 2½ miles east of Long Ayre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Herston and Saint Margaret’s Hope.

Herston is a village on South Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom. Herston is historically a fishing village but its only industry to speak of is Herston Stained Glass, now that Herston Hikers Hostel is now inactive.

Saint Margaret’s Hope

Village

Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Margaret's Hope is a village in the Orkney Islands, off the north coast of Scotland. It is known locally as The Hope or The Hup. With a population of about 550, it is Orkney's third largest settlement after Kirkwall and Stromness.

Hoxa

Village

Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hoxa is a small settlement on the island of South Ronaldsay in the Orkney Islands north of mainland Scotland. Hoxa is located 1+1⁄4 miles west of St Margaret's Hope at the end of the B9043 road. Hoxa is situated 1½ miles northwest of Long Ayre.

Long Ayre

Type: Beach
Category: landform
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.81303° or 58° 48′ 47″ north

Longitude

-2.98385° or 2° 59′ 2″ west

Open location code

9CCVR278+6F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7925798358

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=beach

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Highlights include St Ola’s Chapel (Norse) and burial ground (Medieval) and Ayre of Banks.

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