Site: Iron Age broch and settlement

Places of Interest Nearby

South Ronaldsay

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South Ronaldsay is the most southerly of the Orkney Islands, with its main settlement at St Margaret's Hope, and a population in 2011 of 909. Burray just north has always been joined by a sandy spit to South Ronaldsay.

Cairns O‘ The Bu

Archaeological site

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Cairns O‘ The Bu is an archaeological site, which is situated 840 feet north of Site: Iron Age broch and settlement.

Tomison’s Academy, South Ronaldsay

Historic building

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Tomison’s Academy, South Ronaldsay is a historic building, which is situated 1 mile southwest of Site: Iron Age broch and settlement.

Places in the Area

Sandwick

Locality

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Sandwick is a parish on the west coast of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland, 4 miles north of Stromness. The parish's name derives from the Old Norse Sandvík meaning "Sand Bay". Sandwick is situated 2 miles northwest of Site: Iron Age broch and settlement.

Brough Ness

Locality

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Brough Ness is a locality, which is situated 2½ miles south of Site: Iron Age broch and settlement.

Herston

Hamlet

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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. Herston is situated 4 miles northwest of Site: Iron Age broch and settlement.

Site: Iron Age broch and settlement

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