Hall of Sands

Hall of Sands is a locality in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Hall of Sands is situated near the locality Vinya Heim, as well as near The Geo Slipway.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Dingy’s Howe, broch, Upper Sanday and St Ninian’s Church, Skaill.

Archaeological site

Dingy’s Howe, broch, Upper Sanday is an archaeological site, which is situated 1½ miles southwest of Hall of Sands.

Church

St Ninian’s Church, Skaill is situated 1½ miles northeast of Hall of Sands.

House

Braebuster is a house.

Nearby places include Tankerness and St Andrews.

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.

Locality

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.

Latitude

58.93232° or 58° 55′ 56″ north

Longitude

-2.76077° or 2° 45′ 39″ west

Open location code

9CCVW6JQ+WM

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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Places to explore: Vinya Heim and The Geo Slipway.

Highlights: Former School, Deerness and Deerness Community Centre Caravan and Camp Site.

Worth a closer look: Kirkwall and Stromness.

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