Nearhouse

Nearhouse is a farm in , . Nearhouse is situated nearby to the garden , as well as near the archaeological site .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mine Howe and Kirkwall Airport.

Archaeological site
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an Iron Age subterranean man-made chamber dug 6 meters deep inside a large mound. It is located in the area of , Scotland, about 5 miles southeast of , the capital of Orkney. is situated 2,200 feet south of Nearhouse.

Aerodrome
Photo: Ken Walton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the main serving in Scotland. It is located 2.5 NM southeast of and is owned by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited. The airport is used by Loganair. is situated 2 miles northwest of Nearhouse.

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is a large, lowland, freshwater loch on the Orkney mainland in . The loch is roughly triangular in shape and is shallow with a flat bottom that gradually deepens from west to east. It lies approximately 4 mi southeast of . is situated 1½ miles north of Nearhouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tankerness and St Andrews.

Village
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is a district in the parish in , . Essentially a peninsula, it is about 13 kilometres south-east of and 1 kilometre east of .

Locality
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is a parish on in . It is located east of the town of and the parish of and lies north of Holm and west of .

Locality
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, also spelled Ham, is a parish on . An adjacent Sound, running between Mainland, and , is named after . It has since been blocked up by the . is situated 3 miles south of Nearhouse.

Nearhouse

Latitude
58.94482° or 58° 56′ 41″ north
Longitude
-2.8542° or 2° 51′ 15″ west
Open location code
9CCVW4VW+W8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 883458642
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­farmyard
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