Searchlight emplacement
Searchlight emplacement is a ruins in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Searchlight emplacement is situated nearby to the ruins Skerry battery, as well as near Generator builidng.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Graemsay and Hoy Sound Low Light.
Graemsay
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Graemsay is an island in the western approaches to Scapa Flow, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. The island has two lighthouses. Graemsay lies within the parish of Stromness.
Hoy Sound Low Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Fabio Sassi, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Graemsay is an island in the western approaches to Scapa Flow, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. The island has two lighthouses. Graemsay lies within the parish of Stromness. Hoy Sound Low Light is situated 1 mile northeast of Searchlight emplacement.
Ward Hill
Peak
Photo: Grinner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ward Hill is a hill on the island of Hoy in Orkney, Scotland. It lies at the north of the island between Moaness and Rackwick, and is the highest point in both Orkney and the Scottish Northern Isles at an elevation of 481 m. Ward Hill is situated 2 miles south of Searchlight emplacement.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stromness and Bu‘ Point.
Stromness
Stromness is a port on the Mainland of the Orkney Islands, 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.
Bu‘ Point
Locality
Photo: John Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bu‘ Point is a locality, which is situated 3½ miles northeast of Searchlight emplacement.
Cairston
Locality
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cairston is a village on Mainland, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Stromness. Cairston is situated 4 miles northeast of Searchlight emplacement.
Searchlight emplacement
- Type: Ruins
- Category: historic site
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.92797° or 58° 55′ 41″ northLongitude
-3.32641° or 3° 19′ 35″ westOpen location code
9CCRWMHF+5COpenStreetMap ID
way 840186813OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
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