Castle
Castle is a farm in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Castle is situated nearby to the peak Sandy Hill, as well as near Stromness Community Garden.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stromness Museum and Stromness Town Hall.
Stromness Museum
Museum
Stromness Museum is a small independent museum in the town of Stromness in Orkney, Scotland focusing on the town's connections to maritime and natural history. Stromness Museum is situated 2,800 feet southeast of Castle.
Stromness Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stromness Town Hall is situated 2,900 feet east of Castle.
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 3,200 feet east of Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stromness and Bu‘ Point.
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.
Bu‘ Point
Locality
Photo: John Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bu‘ Point is a locality, which is situated 2 miles east of Castle.
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. Cairston is situated 2 miles northeast of Castle.
Castle
- Type: Farm
- Category: agriculture
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.96107° or 58° 57′ 40″ northLongitude
-3.31495° or 3° 18′ 54″ westOpen location code
9CCRXM6P+C2OpenStreetMap ID
way 1001062760OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmyard
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