Yesnaby WWII RN Close Range AA Training Establishment

Yesnaby WWII RN Close Range AA Training Establishment is a ruins in , . Yesnaby WWII RN Close Range AA Training Establishment is situated nearby to the archaeological site , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Skara Brae and Broch of Borwick.

Protected area
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is a stone-built Neolithic settlement located along the on the west coast of , . The site was discovered following a storm exposing the presence of stone structures within the coastal sand dunes. is situated 1½ miles north of Yesnaby WWII RN Close Range AA Training Establishment.

Archaeological site
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The is an Iron Age broch located on , Scotland. It is a scheduled monument. is situated 2,400 feet northeast of Yesnaby WWII RN Close Range AA Training Establishment.

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is a historic manor house in parish on Mainland, the largest of the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The house overlooks the Neolithic site, , and the . is situated 2 miles northeast of Yesnaby WWII RN Close Range AA Training Establishment.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yesnaby and Cairston.

Locality
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is a historic township in , on the west coast of Orkney Mainland, , south of . It is renowned for its spectacular Old Red Sandstone coastal cliff scenery which includes sea stacks, blowholes, geos and frequently boiling seas.

Locality
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is a village on , in , Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of . Within the village is located the Castle of which is said to have belonged to the House of Gordons, and may have been built in 1152, as contested in a Saga. is situated 4 miles southeast of Yesnaby WWII RN Close Range AA Training Establishment.

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is a port on the Mainland of the , with a population of roughly 2200. To the Vikings, Straumsnes meant the headland just south, where a fierce tide rips between Scapa Flow and the Atlantic; get past that and you came safely into Hamnavoe or "peaceful harbour" where the town now stands.

Yesnaby WWII RN Close Range AA Training Establishment

Latitude
59.02508° or 59° 1′ 30″ north
Longitude
-3.35879° or 3° 21′ 32″ west
Open location code
9CFR2JGR+2F
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