Wasswick Coastal Battery
Wasswick Coastal Battery is a military installation in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Wasswick Coastal Battery is situated nearby to the islet Seal Skerry, as well as near the village Tingwall.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Seal Skerry and Sweyn Holm.
Sweyn Holm
Islet
Photo: Derek Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sweyn Holm is a small island in the Orkney Islands, next to Gairsay. It is thought to be named for Sweyn Asleifsson, who was connected with Gairsay or possibly a corruption of "servant's island" in Norse. Sweyn Holm is situated 2 miles east of Wasswick Coastal Battery.
Ness of Woodwick, broch, 970m E of Lower Bisgarth
Archaeological site
Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ness of Woodwick, broch, 970m E of Lower Bisgarth is an archaeological site, which is situated 2½ miles northwest of Wasswick Coastal Battery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tingwall and Rendall.
Tingwall
Village
Tingwall is a farm and ferry terminal that lies on the north-east coast of Orkney's West Mainland on the Gairsay Sound in the parish of Evie and Rendall.
Rendall
Village
Photo: John Comloquoy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rendall is a parish on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It is in the north west of the island and lies east of the parishes of Birsay and Evie and north east of Harray. The island of Gairsay is also in the parish. Rendall is situated 2½ miles southwest of Wasswick Coastal Battery.
Evie
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 3½ miles northwest of Wasswick Coastal Battery.
Wasswick Coastal Battery
Latitude
59.0775° or 59° 4′ 39″ northLongitude
-3.00836° or 3° 0′ 30″ westOpen location code
9CFR3XGR+XMOpenStreetMap ID
way 1176869162OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=military
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