Cairn House

Cairn House is a house in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Cairn House 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 Wyre and Blackhammer Chambered Cairn.

Wyre

Island

Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

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 3,200 feet west of Cairn House.

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 1,900 feet northeast of Cairn House.

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 3 miles southwest of Cairn House.

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 3½ miles southwest of Cairn House.

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 5 miles southwest of Cairn House.

Cairn House

Type: House
Address: Rousay, Orkney, KW17 2PT
Categories: building and residential building
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

59.13007° or 59° 7′ 48″ north

Longitude

-3.00844° or 3° 0′ 30″ west

Open location code

9CFR4XJR+2J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 204334545

OpenStreetMap feature

building=house

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