Upperbiggings
Upperbiggings is a farm in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Upperbiggings is situated nearby to the historic site Old School, as well as near the ruins Stonygrind.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mine Howe and Sebay Mill.
Mine Howe
Archaeological site
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mine Howe is an Iron Age subterranean man-made chamber dug 6 meters deep inside a large mound. It is located in the Tankerness area of Orkney, Scotland, about 5 miles southeast of Kirkwall, the capital of Orkney. Mine Howe is situated 1½ miles north of Upperbiggings.
Sebay Mill
House
Photo: David Wyatt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sebay Mill is a house, which is situated 3,400 feet north of Upperbiggings.
Dingy’s Howe, broch, Upper Sanday
Archaeological site
Photo: s allison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dingy’s Howe, broch, Upper Sanday is an archaeological site, which is situated 2 miles east of Upperbiggings.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holm and Tankerness.
Holm
Locality
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Holm, also spelled Ham, is a parish on Mainland, Orkney. An adjacent Sound, running between Mainland, and Burray, is named after Holm. It has since been blocked up by the Churchill Barriers. Holm is situated 1½ miles southwest of Upperbiggings.
Tankerness
Village
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Tankerness is a district in the St Andrews parish in Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. Essentially a peninsula, it is about 13 kilometres south-east of Kirkwall and 1 kilometre east of Kirkwall Airport. Tankerness is situated 2½ miles north of Upperbiggings.
St Andrews
Locality
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St Andrews is a parish on Mainland, Orkney in Scotland. It is located east of the town of Kirkwall and the parish of St Ola and lies north of Holm and west of Deerness. St Andrews is situated 2½ miles northwest of Upperbiggings.
Upperbiggings
- Type: Farm
- Category: agriculture
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.91737° or 58° 55′ 3″ northLongitude
-2.83967° or 2° 50′ 23″ westOpen location code
9CCVW586+W4OpenStreetMap ID
way 892472522OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmyard
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