Graemeshall

Graemeshall is a house in Orkney Islands, Scotland which is located on Graemeshall Road. Graemeshall is situated nearby to Totempole, as well as near Holm, Crearhowe, War Memorial.

Type: House
Description: building in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Greamshall House”
Address: Graemeshall Road, Holm, KW17 2RX

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Loch of Graemeshall and Italian Chapel.

Loch of Graemeshall

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Loch of Graemeshall is situated 850 feet north of Graemeshall.

Italian Chapel

Church

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The Italian Chapel is a highly ornate Catholic chapel on Lamb Holm in Orkney, Scotland. It was built during the Second World War by Italian prisoners of war, who were housed on the previously uninhabited island while they constructed the Churchill Barriers to the east of Scapa Flow. Italian Chapel is situated 3,600 feet south of Graemeshall.

Holm, Crearhowe, War Memorial

Memorial

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Holm, Crearhowe, War Memorial is situated 2,600 feet northeast of Graemeshall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Holm and St Mary’s.

Holm

Locality

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Holm, also spelled Ham, is a parish on Mainland, Orkney. An adjacent Sound, running between Mainland, and Burray, is named after Holm. It has since been blocked up by the Churchill Barriers.

St Mary’s

Village

Photo: Mark Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Mary's is a small village in the parish of Holm on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It was originally a fishing port. Orkney F.C., the island group's main football club, plays its home games at The Rockworks Community Park, St.