Burial ground (Medieval)
Burial ground (Medieval) is an archaeological site in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Burial ground (Medieval) is situated nearby to the archaeological site Broch + Settlment (Iron Age), as well as near Bu of Cairston Castle.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Inner Holm and Pier Arts Centre.
Inner Holm
Islet
Photo: W. L. Tarbert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Inner Holm is a small inhabited island in Stromness harbour and one of the Orkney islands of Scotland. It is about 350 metres east of the harbour front of Stromness but it is connected to the Orkney Mainland shore at low tide on the opposite side of the bay.
Pier Arts Centre
Art gallery
Photo: John Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Pier Arts Centre is an art gallery and museum in Stromness, Orkney, Scotland. It was established in 1979 to provide a home for an important collection of fine art donated to "be held in trust for Orkney" by the author, peace activist and philanthropist Margaret Gardiner. Pier Arts Centre is situated 1¼ miles west of Burial ground (Medieval).
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bu‘ Point and Cairston.
Cairston
Locality
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cairston is a village on Mainland, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Stromness. Within the village is located the Castle of Cairston which is said to have belonged to the House of Gordons, and may have been built in 1152, as contested in a Saga.
Stromness
Stromness is a port on the Mainland of the Orkney Islands, with a population of roughly 2200. To the Vikings, Straumsnes meant the headland just south, where a fierce tide rips between Scapa Flow and the Atlantic; get past that and you came safely into Hamnavoe or "peaceful harbour" where the town now stands.
Burial ground (Medieval)
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.96785° or 58° 58′ 4″ northLongitude
-3.26736° or 3° 16′ 3″ westOpen location code
9CCRXP9M+43OpenStreetMap ID
node 9447543959OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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Notable Places Nearby
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