Farafield
Farafield is a farm in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Farafield is situated nearby to the peak Skelday Hill, as well as near Greeny Hill.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dounby Click Mill and Kirbuster Farm Museum.
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 1 mile southeast of Farafield.
Kirbuster Farm Museum
Museum
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kirbuster Farm Museum is situated 2 miles northwest of Farafield.
Sabiston Mill, Dounby
Watermill
Photo: Andy Farrington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sabiston Mill, Dounby is a watermill, which is situated 2½ miles southwest of Farafield.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dounby and Twatt.
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 southwest of Farafield.
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 3 miles west of Farafield.
Evie
Village
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Evie is a parish and village on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. The parish is located in the north-west of the Mainland, between Birsay and Rendall, forming the coastline opposite the isle of Rousay. Evie is situated 4 miles east of Farafield.
Farafield
- Type: Farm
- Category: agriculture
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
59.09688° or 59° 5′ 49″ northLongitude
-3.19616° or 3° 11′ 46″ westOpen location code
9CFR3RW3+QGOpenStreetMap ID
way 1162484884OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmyard
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