Hole of Roe
Hole of Roe is a locality in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Hole of Roe is situated nearby to the locality Deer Sound, as well as near Bacon Tub.Places of Interest
Highlights include Loch of Tankerness and Covenanters Monument, Deerness.
Loch of Tankerness
Loch of Tankerness is a large, lowland, freshwater loch on the Orkney mainland in Scotland. The loch is roughly triangular in shape and is shallow with a flat bottom that gradually deepens from west to east. It lies approximately 4 mi southeast of Kirkwall. Loch of Tankerness is situated 2 miles southwest of Hole of Roe.Covenanters Monument, Deerness
Memorial
Covenanters Monument, Deerness is a memorial, which is situated 2 miles southeast of Hole of Roe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rerwick Head and Tankerness.
Tankerness
Village
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 3 miles southwest of Hole of Roe.
Hole of Roe
- Type: Locality
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.98201° or 58° 58′ 55″ north
Longitude
-2.79549° or 2° 47′ 44″ west
Open location code
9CCVX6J3+RR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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Localities in the Area
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