Skaill Home Farm aka The Mount

Skaill Home Farm aka The Mount is a farm in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Skaill Home Farm aka The Mount is situated nearby to the protected area Skara Brae, as well as near Skaill House.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Skara Brae and Skaill House.

Skara Brae

Protected area

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Skara Brae is a stone-built Neolithic settlement located along the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Mainland, Orkney. The site was discovered following a storm exposing the presence of stone structures within the coastal sand dunes. Skara Brae is situated 540 feet north of Skaill Home Farm aka The Mount.

Skaill House

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Skaill House is a historic manor house in Sandwick parish on Mainland, the largest of the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The house overlooks the Neolithic site, Skara Brae, and the Bay of Skaill. Skaill House is situated 1,000 feet east of Skaill Home Farm aka The Mount.

Broch of Borwick

Archaeological site

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The Broch of Borwick is an Iron Age broch located on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It is a scheduled monument. Broch of Borwick is situated 1¼ miles south of Skaill Home Farm aka The Mount.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yesnaby and Dounby.

Yesnaby

Locality

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Yesnaby is a historic township in Sandwick, on the west coast of Orkney Mainland, Scotland, south of Skara Brae. It is renowned for its spectacular Old Red Sandstone coastal cliff scenery which includes sea stacks, blowholes, geos and frequently boiling seas. Yesnaby is situated 1½ miles south of Skaill Home Farm aka The Mount.

Dounby

Village

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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 4 miles east of Skaill Home Farm aka The Mount.

Twatt

Village

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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. Twatt is situated 4½ miles northeast of Skaill Home Farm aka The Mount.

Skaill Home Farm aka The Mount

Type: Farm
Category: agriculture
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

59.04722° or 59° 2′ 50″ north

Longitude

-3.34189° or 3° 20′ 31″ west

Open location code

9CFR2MW5+V6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 621689965

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=farmyard

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