Skaill Falconry
Skaill Falconry is a building in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Skaill Falconry is situated nearby to Skaill House, as well as near the tourism office Skara Brae Visitor Centre.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Skara Brae and Skaill House.
Skara Brae
Protected area
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Skara Brae is a stone-built Neolithic settlement, located on the Bay of Skaill in the parish of Sandwick, on the west coast of Mainland, the largest island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland. Skara Brae is situated 1,200 feet west of Skaill Falconry.
Skaill House
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Skaill House is a historic manor house in Sandwick parish on Mainland, the largest of the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The house overlooks the Neolithic site, Skara Brae, and the Bay of Skaill.
Loch of Skaill
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The Loch of Skaill is a small somewhat triangular, freshwater loch in the parish of Sandwick, Orkney on Mainland Orkney, Scotland. It lies 0.5 mi south east of the Bay of Skaill close to Skaill House and the World Heritage neolithic site Skara Brae. Loch of Skaill is situated 3,000 feet southeast of Skaill Falconry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yesnaby and Dounby.
Yesnaby
Locality
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Yesnaby is a historic township in Sandwick, on the west coast of Orkney Mainland, Scotland, south of Skara Brae. It is renowned for its spectacular Old Red Sandstone coastal cliff scenery which includes sea stacks, blowholes, geos and frequently boiling seas. Yesnaby is situated 2 miles south of Skaill Falconry.
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 4 miles east of Skaill Falconry.
Twatt
Village
Photo: J M Briscoe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Twatt is a settlement in the parish of Birsay on the Mainland of Orkney, Scotland. It was previously the location of RNAS Twatt, from 1940–1949. Twatt is situated at the junction of the A986 and the A967. Twatt is situated 4 miles northeast of Skaill Falconry.
Skaill Falconry
- Type: Building
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
59.04792° or 59° 2′ 53″ northLongitude
-3.33564° or 3° 20′ 8″ westOpen location code
9CFR2MX7+5POpenStreetMap ID
way 1046951360OpenStreetMap feature
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