The Skeo, broch, Brims, Hoy

The Skeo, broch, Brims, Hoy is an archaeological site in Orkney Islands, Scotland. The Skeo, broch, Brims, Hoy is situated nearby to Longhope Lifeboat Museum, as well as near the locality Point of Hackness.

Type: Archaeological site
Description: architectural structure in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “The Skeo Broch”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Longhope Lifeboat Museum and Melsetter House, Hoy.

Longhope Lifeboat Museum

Museum

Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Longhope Lifeboat Museum is a museum at Brims on the island of Hoy in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The museum's main exhibit is the former lifeboat Thomas McCunn, the lifeboat that served the islands of Hoy and South Walls between 1933 and 1962. Longhope Lifeboat Museum is situated 2,800 feet northeast of The Skeo, broch, Brims, Hoy.

Melsetter House, Hoy

Historic building

Photo: Wolfgang Schlick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Melsetter House, Hoy is a historic building, which is situated 1¼ miles northwest of The Skeo, broch, Brims, Hoy.

Tor Ness Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tor Ness Lighthouse is situated 2 miles west of The Skeo, broch, Brims, Hoy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brims and Longhope.

Brims

Locality

Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brims is a village at the southern point of the island of Hoy, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Walls and Flotta. The RNLI lifeboat Thomas McCunn is on display at the Longhope Lifeboat Museum in Brims, which was the Longhope Lifeboat Station until 1999.

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 northeast of The Skeo, broch, Brims, Hoy.