Caraquoy
Caraquoy is a house in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Caraquoy is situated nearby to the playground Brinian Play Park, as well as near the reservoir Scottish Water.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Taversöe Tuick and Wyre.
Taversöe Tuick
Archaeological site
Photo: Beep boop beep, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 2,300 feet west of Caraquoy.
Wyre
Island
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Wyre is one of the Orkney Islands, lying south-east of Rousay. It is 311 hectares and 32 metres at its highest point. It is one of the smallest inhabited islands in the archipelago.
Trumland
Building
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 1,400 feet west of Caraquoy.
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 3½ miles southwest of Caraquoy.
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 Caraquoy.
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 6 miles southwest of Caraquoy.
Caraquoy
- Type: House
- Address: Rousay, Orkney, KW17 2PU
- Categories: building and residential building
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
59.13202° or 59° 7′ 55″ northLongitude
-2.99281° or 2° 59′ 34″ westOpen location code
9CFV42J4+RVOpenStreetMap ID
way 204334071OpenStreetMap feature
building=house
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