Royal Naval Cemetery, Lyness, Hoy

Royal Naval Cemetery, Lyness, Hoy is a cemetery in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Royal Naval Cemetery, Lyness, Hoy is situated nearby to Lyness Post Office, as well as near the military installation Torpedo Depot.

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Type: Cemetery
Description: cemetery in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Hoy, Lyness, Royal Naval Cemetery” and “Royal Naval Cemetery”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Scapa Flow Museum and Fara.

Scapa Flow Museum

Museum

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Scapa Flow Museum is a war museum in Lyness on the Island of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. Housed within a refurbished Romney hut and oil fuel pump house at the former Lyness royal naval base HMS Proserpine, the museum charts the history of Orkney's involvement in World War I and World War II. Scapa Flow Museum is situated 2,600 feet east of Royal Naval Cemetery, Lyness, Hoy.

Fara

Island

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Fara is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, lying in Scapa Flow between the islands of Flotta and Hoy. It has been uninhabited since the 1960s. The island’s name is used as a house name at Stromness Primary School, the other houses being Cava, Rysa, and Switha… Fara is situated 2 miles northeast of Royal Naval Cemetery, Lyness, Hoy.

Crockness Martello tower

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Crockness Martello Tower is a Martello Tower on Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. It was built during the Napoleonic Wars, at the same time as the Martello Tower at Hackness. Crockness Martello tower is situated 1½ miles southeast of Royal Naval Cemetery, Lyness, Hoy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lyness and Longhope.

Lyness

Village

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Lyness is a village on the east coast of the island of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Walls and Flotta, and is situated at the junction of the B9047 and B9048.

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 2½ miles south of Royal Naval Cemetery, Lyness, Hoy.