Lock of Knitchen
Lock of Knitchen is in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Lock of Knitchen is situated nearby to the peak Knitchen Hill, as well as near the building Trumland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Taversöe Tuick and Blackhammer Chambered Cairn.
Taversöe Tuick
Archaeological site
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Taversöe Tuick is a Neolithic burial cairn on Rousay, Orkney, Scotland, thought to date from between 4000 and 2500 BCE. The monument includes a rare example of a double-tiered chamber, an upper chamber approached via a passageway and a lower subterranean chamber, originally separate, which can now be reached via a modern ladder from the upper chamber. Taversöe Tuick is situated 3,200 feet south of Lock of Knitchen.
Blackhammer Chambered Cairn
Archaeological site
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The Blackhammer Chambered Cairn is a Neolithic chambered cairn located on the island of Rousay, in Orkney, Scotland. The tomb, constructed around 3000 BC, is a Orkney–Cromarty chambered cairn, characterized by stalled burial compartments. Blackhammer Chambered Cairn is situated 1 mile southwest of Lock of Knitchen.
Trumland
Building
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Trumland is a Category B listed house and associated estate on Rousay, in Orkney, Scotland, built in its present form in the 1870s. Designed by David Bryce, the house was commissioned by Sir F W Traill-Burroughs as a new family home after his marriage to Eliza D’Oyly Geddes in 1870. Trumland is situated 2,500 feet south of Lock of Knitchen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tingwall and Evie.
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. Tingwall is situated 4 miles southwest of Lock of Knitchen.
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 southwest of Lock of Knitchen.
Rendall
Village
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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 6 miles southwest of Lock of Knitchen.
Lock of Knitchen
- Type: Body of water
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
59.13979° or 59° 8′ 23″ northLongitude
-3.00061° or 3° 0′ 2″ westOpen location code
9CFR4XQX+WQOpenStreetMap ID
way 118177637OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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