Hall of Sands
Hall of Sands is a locality in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Hall of Sands is situated nearby to the locality Vinya Heim, as well as near The Geo Slipway.Places of Interest
Highlights include Dingy’s Howe,broch,Upper Sanday and Braebuster.
Dingy’s Howe,broch,Upper Sanday
Archaeological site
Photo: s allison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dingy’s Howe,broch,Upper Sanday is an archaeological site, which is situated 1½ miles southwest of Hall of Sands.
The Gloup
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Gloup is a collapsed sea cave in the Mull Head Nature Reserve in the islands of Orkney, Scotland. The name derives from the Old Norse "gluppa", meaning a chasm. The Gloup is situated 2½ miles northeast of Hall of Sands.
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. Tankerness is situated 3½ miles northwest of Hall of Sands.
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 4 miles west of Hall of Sands.
Hall of Sands
- Type: Locality
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.93232° or 58° 55′ 56″ northLongitude
-2.76077° or 2° 45′ 39″ westOpen location code
9CCVW6JQ+WMOpenStreetMap ID
node 8305889852OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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