Oback

Oback is a house in Orkney Islands, Scotland which is located on Oback Road. Oback is situated nearby to the archaeological site St Ola’s Chapel (Norse) and burial ground (Medieval), as well as near the peak Kirkie Hill.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include W Hourston Blacksmiths Museum and Sandwick House, South Ronaldsay.

W Hourston Blacksmiths Museum

Museum

Photo: Antony Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

W Hourston Blacksmiths Museum is situated 1½ miles north of Oback.

Sandwick House, South Ronaldsay

House

Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sandwick House, South Ronaldsay is situated 1 mile south of Oback.

Ward Hill

Peak

Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ward Hill is a peak, which is situated 2 miles southeast of Oback.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sandwick and Herston.

Sandwick

Locality

Photo: John Comloquoy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sandwick is a parish on the west coast of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland, 4 miles north of Stromness. The parish's name derives from the Old Norse Sandvík meaning "Sand Bay".

Herston is a village on South Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom. Herston is historically a fishing village but its only industry to speak of is Herston Stained Glass, now that Herston Hikers Hostel is now inactive.

Saint Margaret’s Hope

Village

Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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 northeast of Oback.

Oback

Type: House
Address: Oback Road, KW17 2RH
Categories: building and residential building
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.80367° or 58° 48′ 13″ north

Longitude

-2.97619° or 2° 58′ 34″ west

Open location code

9CCVR23F+FG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 884145461

OpenStreetMap feature

building=house

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