Stenness
Stenness is a small, scattered village in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, on the A965 main road between Kirkwall and Stromness. It has several UNESCO World Heritage Listed neolithic sights: the Stones, Maeshowe and Ring of Brodgar, with Skara Brae a few miles further north.
Places of Interest
Highlights: Ring of Brodgar and Maeshowe.
Maeshowe
Protected area
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stromness and Cairston.
Stromness
Stromness is a port on the Mainland of the Orkney Islands, with a population of roughly 2200.
Cairston
Locality
Firth
Locality
Firth is a civil parish mainly on Mainland, Orkney. Firth is situated 3½ miles northeast of Stenness.
Stenness
- Type: Village
- Description: village in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.986° or 58° 59′ 10″ north
Longitude
-3.2113° or 3° 12′ 41″ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Open location code
9CCRXQPQ+CF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Uzbek—“Stenness” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Stenness”
- Dutch: “Stenness”
- French: “Stenness”
- Italian: “Stenness”
- Turkish: “Stenness”
- Uzbek: “Stenners”
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