West Schoolhouse
West Schoolhouse is a house in Orkney Islands, Scotland which is located on Moss Road. West Schoolhouse is situated nearby to the building Smithy Cottage, Holm, as well as near the archaeological site Laughton’s Knowe (Prehistoric barrow).Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Broch of Ayre and Italian Chapel.
Broch of Ayre
Archaeological site
Photo: Mark Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broch of Ayre, also known as St. Mary's Broch, is an Iron Age broch in Orkney, Scotland. Broch of Ayre is situated 1¼ miles southwest of West Schoolhouse.
Italian Chapel
Church
Photo: Gregory J Kingsley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 1½ miles south of West Schoolhouse.
Loch of Graemeshall
Photo: C1614, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Loch of Graemeshall is situated 1 mile southeast of West Schoolhouse.
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.
St Andrews
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Andrews is a parish on Mainland, Orkney in Scotland. It is located east of the town of Kirkwall and the parish of St Ola and lies north of Holm and west of Deerness. St Andrews is situated 3 miles northeast of West Schoolhouse.
West Schoolhouse
- Type: House
- Address: Moss Road, Holm, KW17 2SA
- Categories: building and residential building
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.91232° or 58° 54′ 44″ northLongitude
-2.90296° or 2° 54′ 11″ westOpen location code
9CCVW36W+WROpenStreetMap ID
way 337049873OpenStreetMap feature
building=house
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Smithy Cottage, Holm and Laughton’s Knowe (Prehistoric barrow).
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