Durkadale (ruins)

Durkadale (ruins) is a grassland in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Durkadale (ruins) is situated nearby to the peak Greeny Hill, as well as near Skelday Hill.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kirbuster Farm Museum and Dounby Click Mill.

Kirbuster Farm Museum

Museum

Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kirbuster Farm Museum is situated 1 mile west of Durkadale (ruins).

Dounby Click Mill

Watermill

Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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 2 miles southeast of Durkadale (ruins).

Loch of Boardhouse

Photo: John Comloquoy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Loch of Boardhouse is a freshwater loch in the parish of Birsay in the north west of the mainland of Orkney, Scotland. It acts as a reservoir for public water supply and is popular for trout fishing. Loch of Boardhouse is situated 2 miles west of Durkadale (ruins).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Twatt and Dounby.

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 2 miles west of Durkadale (ruins).

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 2½ miles south of Durkadale (ruins).

Birsay

Photo: Chmee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Birsay is a small village on the north coast of Orkney Mainland. It's the site of the ruined Earl's Palace, and just offshore is the Brough of Birsay with medieval Norse remains.

Durkadale (ruins)

Type: Grassland
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

59.10452° or 59° 6′ 16″ north

Longitude

-3.22517° or 3° 13′ 31″ west

Open location code

9CFR4Q3F+RW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1162461962

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=grass

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