Heatherlea
Heatherlea is a farm in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Heatherlea is situated nearby to the ruins Stonygrind, as well as near the locality Holm.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mine Howe and Italian Chapel.
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 2 miles north of Heatherlea.
Italian Chapel
Church
Photo: Gregory J Kingsley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Italian Chapel is a highly ornate Catholic chapel on Lamb Holm in Orkney, Scotland. It was built during the Second World War by Italian prisoners of war, who were housed on the previously uninhabited island while they constructed the Churchill Barriers to the east of Scapa Flow. Italian Chapel is situated 2½ miles southwest of Heatherlea.
Castle Howe, Norse Castle and prehistoric settlement
Castle
Photo: C1614, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castle Howe, Norse Castle and prehistoric settlement is situated 2 miles south of Heatherlea.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holm and Rose Ness.
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 west of Heatherlea.
Rose Ness
Locality
Photo: Mark Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rose Ness is a locality, which is situated 2½ miles south of Heatherlea.
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 3 miles north of Heatherlea.
Heatherlea
- Type: Farm
- Category: agriculture
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.91267° or 58° 54′ 46″ northLongitude
-2.84153° or 2° 50′ 30″ westOpen location code
9CCVW575+39OpenStreetMap ID
way 892474335OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmyard
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