Birsay Kirk

Birsay Kirk is a church in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Birsay Kirk is situated nearby to the village Twatt, as well as near the archaeological site Mound (unclassified).

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kirbuster Farm Museum and Loch of Boardhouse.

Kirbuster Farm Museum

Museum

Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kirbuster Farm Museum is situated 1 mile northeast of Birsay Kirk.

The Loch of Boardhouse is a freshwater loch in the parish of Birsay in the north west of the mainland of Orkney, Scotland. It acts as a reservoir for public water supply and is popular for trout fishing.

St Magnus Church

Church

Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St Magnus Church, Birsay is a 17th-century church located in the parish of Birsay on Mainland, Orkney in Scotland. Built in 1664 on the site of an earlier, 11th-century church, St Magnus was later expanded in 1760 and 1867. St Magnus Church is situated 2½ miles northwest of Birsay Kirk.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Twatt and Birsay.

Twatt

Village

Photo: J M Briscoe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Twatt is a settlement in the parish of Birsay on the Mainland of Orkney, Scotland. It was previously the location of RNAS Twatt, from 1940–1949. Twatt is situated at the junction of the A986 and the A967.

Birsay

Photo: Chmee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Birsay is a small village on the north coast of Orkney Mainland. It's the site of the ruined Earl's Palace, and just offshore is the Brough of Birsay with medieval Norse remains.

Dounby

Village

Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dounby is a village on Mainland in Orkney, in the north of Scotland. Dounby village is situated at the crossroads of what are now the A986 and B9057, and has grown close to the meeting point of the three parishes of Sandwick, Birsay and Harray. Dounby is situated 3 miles southeast of Birsay Kirk.

Birsay Kirk

Type: Church
Address: Twatt, KW17 2LZ
Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

59.10024° or 59° 6′ 1″ north

Longitude

-3.27971° or 3° 16′ 47″ west

Open location code

9CFR4P2C+34

OpenStreetMap ID

way 414859124

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mound (unclassified) and Former Drill Hall (C19, C20).

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