Towerhill
Towerhill is a building in Orkney Islands, Scotland which is located on Greenwall Road. Towerhill is situated nearby to the ruins Checkhole, as well as near the building Mill, Greenwall House.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Nicholas‘ Church, Holm and Italian Chapel.
St Nicholas‘ Church, Holm
Church
Photo: Karl Cooper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Nicholas‘ Church, Holm is situated 3,300 feet south of Towerhill.
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 southwest of Towerhill.
Holm, Crearhowe, War Memorial
Memorial
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Holm, Crearhowe, War Memorial is situated 1¼ miles west of Towerhill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holm and Rose Ness.
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.
Rose Ness
Locality
Photo: Mark Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rose Ness is a locality, which is situated 2 miles south of Towerhill.
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 Mary’s is situated 2½ miles west of Towerhill.
Towerhill
- Type: Building
- Address: Greenwall Road, Holm, KW17 2SD
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.89931° or 58° 53′ 58″ northLongitude
-2.84941° or 2° 50′ 58″ westOpen location code
9CCVV5X2+P6OpenStreetMap ID
way 644557906OpenStreetMap feature
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