Rossmyre
Rossmyre is a house in Orkney Islands, Scotland which is located on Old Finstown Road. Rossmyre is situated nearby to the archaeological site Ingashowe,broch 300m NE of,Finstown, as well as near the islet Holm of Grimbister.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rennibister Earth House and Holm of Grimbister.
Rennibister Earth House
Archaeological site
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rennibister Earth House is an Iron Age underground structure known as a souterrain. It is located on the Mainland of Orkney, in Scotland. The monument was discovered in 1926 when a threshing machine caused the roof to collapse. Rennibister Earth House is situated 4,100 feet northeast of Rossmyre.
Holm of Grimbister
Islet
Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holm of Grimbister is an inhabited tidal islet in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland. Located in the Bay of Firth near Finstown it is connected to Mainland Orkney by a causeway.
Damsay
Islet
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Damsay is an islet in the Orkney archipelago in Scotland. It is approximately 18 hectares in extent and rises to only 11 metres above sea level. It is situated in the Bay of Firth north of the Orkney Mainland near Finstown.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Finstown and Firth.
Finstown
Village
Photo: Mark Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Finstown is a village in the parish of Firth on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It is the fourth-largest settlement in the Orkney Islands. According to travel author Eric Linklater, the homes in Finstown are tidy and well cared for. Finstown is situated 2 miles northwest of Rossmyre.
Firth
Locality
Firth is a civil parish mainly on Mainland, Orkney. The islands of Damsay and Holm of Grimbister, which lie in the Bay of Firth, are also in the parish. Firth is situated 2½ miles northwest of Rossmyre.
St Ola
Locality
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St Ola is a parish on Mainland, Orkney. It is in the centre of the island, east of the parish Firth and north of Holm. It contains the capital and largest town of the Orkney archipelago, Kirkwall. St Ola is situated 3 miles east of Rossmyre.
Rossmyre
- Type: House
- Address: Old Finstown Road, Firth, KW15 1TS
- Categories: building and residential building
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.99107° or 58° 59′ 28″ northLongitude
-3.07006° or 3° 4′ 12″ westOpen location code
9CCRXWRH+CXOpenStreetMap ID
way 776359288OpenStreetMap feature
building=house
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ingashowe,broch 300m NE of,Finstown and Cursiter Quarry.
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