Corston Airstrip
Corston Airstrip is an airstrip in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Corston Airstrip is situated nearby to the archaeological site Howen Brough, broch, as well as near Burrian Broch,broch,Corrigall.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Knowes of Trotty and Dounby Click Mill.
Knowes of Trotty
Archaeological site
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The Knowes of Trotty is a Bronze Age cemetery located in Mainland, Orkney in Scotland. The ancient site consists of a group of twelve surviving burial mounds, dating to 2030–1770 BC. Knowes of Trotty is situated 2 miles southeast of Corston Airstrip.
Dounby Click Mill
Watermill
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Dounby Click Mill is a mill located on the Mainland of Orkney, in Scotland. It is the last of the horizontal or "Norse" watermills of Orkney still in working order. Dounby Click Mill is situated 2½ miles north of Corston Airstrip.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harray and Dounby.
Harray
Village
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Harray is an Orcadian parish and village on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom. The village is near the Loch of Harray and was used by the Vikings for waterway transportation and Old Norse was spoken in the area up until the 1700s.
Dounby
Village
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dounby is a village on Mainland in Orkney, in the north of Scotland. Dounby village is situated at the crossroads of what are now the A986 and B9057, and has grown close to the meeting point of the three parishes of Sandwick, Birsay and Harray. Dounby is situated 2 miles northwest of Corston Airstrip.
Firth
Locality
Firth is a civil parish mainly on Mainland, Orkney. The islands of Damsay and Holm of Grimbister, which lie in the Bay of Firth, are also in the parish. Firth is situated 4 miles southeast of Corston Airstrip.
Corston Airstrip
- Type: Airstrip
- Description: airstrip at Harray, Mainland, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Category: transportation
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
59.05234° or 59° 3′ 8″ northLongitude
-3.19122° or 3° 11′ 28″ westOpen location code
9CFR3R25+WGOpenStreetMap ID
node 9894333126OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=airstripWikidata ID
Q124880070
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Highlights include Howen Brough, broch and Burrian Broch,broch,Corrigall.
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