Lower Cottage

Lower Cottage is a building in Orkney Islands, Scotland which is located on Trumland Cottages. Lower Cottage is situated nearby to the archaeological site Taversoe Tuick, as well as near Trumland Nature Reserve Walk start (3.3 km return) follow white topped waymarkers - OIC Orkney Walks.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Trumland and Blackhammer Chambered Cairn.

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 1,100 feet east of Lower Cottage.

Blackhammer Chambered Cairn

Archaeological site

Photo: MichaelMaggs, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 3,700 feet west of Lower Cottage.

Cubbie Roo’s Burden, chambered cairn, Rousay

Archaeological site

Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cubbie Roo’s Burden, chambered cairn, Rousay is an archaeological site, which is situated 1 mile east of Lower Cottage.

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 Lower Cottage.

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 southwest of Lower Cottage.

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 Lower Cottage.

Lower Cottage

Type: Building
Address: 2 Trumland Cottages, Rousay, Orkney, KW17 2PU
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

59.13333° or 59° 8′ north

Longitude

-3.00587° or 3° 0′ 21″ west

Open location code

9CFR4XMV+8M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 204334543

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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