Crockness Martello tower
Crockness Martello Tower is a Martello Tower on Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. It was built during the Napoleonic Wars, at the same time as the Martello Tower at Hackness.Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Martello Tower on Hoy, Orkney islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Crockness Martello Tower” and “Crockness,Martello Tower,Long Hope”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Flotta Airport and Fara.
Flotta Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Flotta Isle Airport is a small airport located on the Orkney isle of Flotta. The asphalt runway orientation is at 16/34, with an elevation of 70 feet, and is 2,490 feet in length.
Fara
Island
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Fara is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, lying in Scapa Flow between the islands of Flotta and Hoy. It has been uninhabited since the 1960s. The island’s name is used as a house name at Stromness Primary School, the other houses being Cava, Rysa, and Switha…
Scapa Flow Museum
Museum
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Scapa Flow Museum is a war museum in Lyness on the Island of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. Housed within a refurbished Romney hut and oil fuel pump house at the former Lyness royal naval base HMS Proserpine, the museum charts the history of Orkney's involvement in World War I and World War II. Scapa Flow Museum is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Crockness Martello tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Point of Hackness and Lyness.
Lyness
Village
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lyness is a village on the east coast of the island of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Walls and Flotta, and is situated at the junction of the B9047 and B9048.
Longhope
Village
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Longhope is a coastal settlement on the island of South Walls, in Orkney, Scotland. South Walls is linked to Hoy by causeway; Longhope is the largest settlement on the two islands. The settlement is situated on the B9047, the main road on Hoy and South Walls. Longhope is situated 2 miles southwest of Crockness Martello tower.
Crockness Martello tower
- Categories: Martello tower, tower, building, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.82309° or 58° 49′ 23″ northLongitude
-3.17186° or 3° 10′ 19″ westLevels
2Open location code
9CCRRRFH+67OpenStreetMap ID
way 118107629OpenStreetMap feature
building=towerOpenStreetMap feature
historic=martello_towerOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q21003876
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