Howan
Howan is a farm in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Howan is situated nearby to the watermill Sabiston Mill, Dounby, as well as near the ruins Tounga.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sabiston Mill, Dounby and Kirbuster Farm Museum.
Sabiston Mill, Dounby
Watermill
Photo: Andy Farrington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sabiston Mill, Dounby is a watermill, which is situated 910 feet north of Howan.
Kirbuster Farm Museum
Museum
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kirbuster Farm Museum is situated 2½ miles north of Howan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dounby and Twatt.
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.
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. Twatt is situated 2 miles northwest of Howan.
Harray
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harray is an Orcadian parish and village on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom. The village is near the Loch of Harray and was used by the Vikings for waterway transportation and Old Norse was spoken in the area up until the 1700s. Harray is situated 3½ miles southeast of Howan.
Howan
- Type: Farm
- Category: agriculture
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
59.07456° or 59° 4′ 28″ northLongitude
-3.2506° or 3° 15′ 2″ westOpen location code
9CFR3PFX+RQOpenStreetMap ID
way 758553514OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmyard
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