Burnt Mounds
Burnt Mounds is an archaeological site in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Burnt Mounds is situated nearby to the art gallery Hagi Hus Gallery, as well as near the house Sebay Mill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mine Howe and Sebay Mill.
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 2,700 feet north of Burnt Mounds.
Sebay Mill
House
Photo: David Wyatt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sebay Mill is a house, which is situated 2,100 feet south of Burnt Mounds.
Dingy’s Howe,broch,Upper Sanday
Archaeological site
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Dingy’s Howe,broch,Upper Sanday is an archaeological site, which is situated 2½ miles southeast of Burnt Mounds.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tankerness and St Andrews.
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.
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. St Andrews is situated 1½ miles northwest of Burnt Mounds.
Holm
Locality
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Holm, also spelled Ham, is a parish on Mainland, Orkney. An adjacent Sound, running between Mainland, and Burray, is named after Holm. It has since been blocked up by the Churchill Barriers. Holm is situated 2 miles southwest of Burnt Mounds.
Burnt Mounds
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.9318° or 58° 55′ 55″ northLongitude
-2.84728° or 2° 50′ 50″ westOpen location code
9CCVW5J3+P3OpenStreetMap ID
node 8294499308OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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