Milldam
Milldam is a locality in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Milldam is situated nearby to the village Toab, as well as near the locality Lenardy.Places of Interest
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.
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 Milldam.
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 Milldam.
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 Milldam.
Milldam
- Type: Locality
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.93089° or 58° 55′ 51″ northLongitude
-2.8483° or 2° 50′ 54″ westOpen location code
9CCVW5J2+9MOpenStreetMap ID
node 8294517333OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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