Graemsay Battery Fire Control (ruins)
Graemsay Battery Fire Control (ruins) is a military installation in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Graemsay Battery Fire Control (ruins) is situated nearby to the military installation Graemsay Battery (ruins), as well as near the lighthouse Hoy Sound Low Light.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hoy Sound Low Light and Graemsay.
Hoy Sound Low Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Fabio Sassi, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Graemsay is an island in the western approaches to Scapa Flow, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. The island has two lighthouses. Graemsay lies within the parish of Stromness.
Graemsay
Island
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Graemsay is an island in the western approaches to Scapa Flow, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. The island has two lighthouses. Graemsay lies within the parish of Stromness.
Stromness Museum
Museum
Stromness Museum is a small independent museum in the town of Stromness in Orkney, Scotland focusing on the town's connections to maritime and natural history. Stromness Museum is situated 1¼ miles north of Graemsay Battery Fire Control (ruins).
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stromness and Bu‘ Point.
Stromness
Stromness is a port on the Mainland of the Orkney Islands, with a population of roughly 2200. To the Vikings, Straumsnes meant the headland just south, where a fierce tide rips between Scapa Flow and the Atlantic; get past that and you came safely into Hamnavoe or "peaceful harbour" where the town now stands.
Bu‘ Point
Locality
Photo: John Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bu‘ Point is a locality, which is situated 2½ miles northeast of Graemsay Battery Fire Control (ruins).
Cairston
Locality
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Cairston is a village on Mainland, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Stromness. Cairston is situated 3 miles north of Graemsay Battery Fire Control (ruins).
Graemsay Battery Fire Control (ruins)
Latitude
58.94033° or 58° 56′ 25″ northLongitude
-3.31043° or 3° 18′ 38″ westOpen location code
9CCRWMRQ+4ROpenStreetMap ID
way 205075661OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=military
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