Hoglinns Water
Hoglinns Water is a small freshwater loch in the south of the island of Hoy, Orkney. It drains in to Heldale Water via Hoglinns Burn. The loch was surveyed in 1906 by Sir John Murray and later charted as part of the Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.Photo: Roger McLachlan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake on Hoy, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Hoglins Water”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Melsetter House, Hoy and Tor Ness Lighthouse.
Melsetter House, Hoy
Historic building
Photo: Wolfgang Schlick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Melsetter House, Hoy is a historic building, which is situated 1½ miles southeast of Hoglinns Water.
Tor Ness Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tor Ness Lighthouse is situated 1½ miles south of Hoglinns Water.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brims and Longhope.
Brims
Locality
Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brims is a village at the southern point of the island of Hoy, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Walls and Flotta. The RNLI lifeboat Thomas McCunn is on display at the Longhope Lifeboat Museum in Brims, which was the Longhope Lifeboat Station until 1999. Brims is situated 3 miles southeast of Hoglinns Water.
Longhope
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longhope is a coastal settlement on the island of South Walls, in Orkney, Scotland. South Walls is linked to Hoy by causeway; Longhope is the largest settlement on the two islands. The settlement is situated on the B9047, the main road on Hoy and South Walls. Longhope is situated 3½ miles east of Hoglinns Water.
Lyness
Village
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lyness is a village on the east coast of the island of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Walls and Flotta, and is situated at the junction of the B9047 and B9048. Lyness is situated 4 miles northeast of Hoglinns Water.
Hoglinns Water
- Category: lake
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.80197° or 58° 48′ 7″ northLongitude
-3.30013° or 3° 18′ 1″ westOpen location code
9CCRRM2X+QWOpenStreetMap ID
way 78032723OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterWikidata ID
Q16892348
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