Ashby

Ashby is a house in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Ashby is situated nearby to the locality Ayre of Cara, as well as near the pier Slipway.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include W Hourston Blacksmiths Museum and Echna Loch.

W Hourston Blacksmiths Museum

Museum

Photo: Antony Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

W Hourston Blacksmiths Museum is situated 1½ miles southwest of Ashby.

Echna Loch

Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Echna Loch is situated 1¼ miles north of Ashby.

Sorquoy,standing stone,Papley

Archaeological site

Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sorquoy,standing stone,Papley is an archaeological site, which is situated 2 miles south of Ashby.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ayre of Cara and Saint Margaret’s Hope.

Ayre of Cara

Locality

Photo: Karl Cooper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ayre of Cara is a locality.

St Margaret's Hope is a village in the Orkney Islands, off the north coast of Scotland. It is known locally as The Hope or The Hup. With a population of about 550, it is Orkney's third largest settlement after Kirkwall and Stromness. Saint Margaret’s Hope is situated 1½ miles southwest of Ashby.

Grim Ness

Locality

Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Grimness is a cliff-girt headland on the island of South Ronaldsay, in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland. It is located between Honeysgeo and Skipi Geo and rises to a height of 34 metres above sea level. Grim Ness is situated 2 miles southeast of Ashby.

Ashby

Type: House
Address: South Ronaldsay, KW17 2TQ
Categories: building and residential building
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.83655° or 58° 50′ 12″ north

Longitude

-2.91989° or 2° 55′ 12″ west

Open location code

9CCVR3PJ+J2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 875891688

OpenStreetMap feature

building=house

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Slipway and The Sands Hotel, Orkney.

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