Fresson Cairn
Fresson Cairn is a memorial in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Fresson Cairn is situated nearby to the aerodrome Kirkwall Airport, as well as near the locality St Ola.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kirkwall Airport and St Magnus Cathedral.
Kirkwall Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Ken Walton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirkwall Airport is the main airport serving Orkney in Scotland. It is located 2.5 NM southeast of Kirkwall and is owned by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited. The airport is used by Loganair.
St Magnus Cathedral
Church
Photo: Robert Scarth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Magnus Cathedral is a Church of Scotland parish church in Kirkwall, the main town of Orkney, a group of islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland. St Magnus Cathedral is situated 1½ miles northwest of Fresson Cairn.
Earl’s Palace
Photo: Oehoe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Earl's Palace is a ruined Renaissance-style palace near St Magnus's Cathedral in the centre of Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. Built by Patrick, Earl of Orkney, its construction began in 1607 and was largely undertaken via forced labour. Earl’s Palace is situated 1½ miles northwest of Fresson Cairn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirkwall and St Ola.
Kirkwall
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kirkwall is the chief town of the Orkney Islands, which lie off the north tip of mainland Scotland. With a population of about 10,000 in 2020, Kirkwall has accommodation and other amenities and is the obvious base for exploring these islands.
St Ola
Locality
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St Ola is a parish on Mainland, Orkney. It is in the centre of the island, east of the parish Firth and north of Holm. It contains the capital and largest town of the Orkney archipelago, Kirkwall. St Ola is situated 2 miles northwest of Fresson Cairn.
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 2½ miles east of Fresson Cairn.
Fresson Cairn
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “On 8th May 1933 Capt Ted Fresson in Highland Airways Monospar G-ACEW landed the first scheduled air service from Inverness on this site which was Orkney’s first aerodrome”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.96138° or 58° 57′ 41″ northLongitude
-2.93957° or 2° 56′ 23″ westOpen location code
9CCVX366+H5OpenStreetMap ID
node 8365511803OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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