Old School
Old School is a historic site in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Old School is situated nearby to the archaeological site Campston, Broch, as well as near the locality Holm.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mine Howe and Sebay Mill.
Mine Howe
Archaeological site
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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 northwest of Old School.
Sebay Mill
House
Photo: David Wyatt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sebay Mill is a house, which is situated 3,500 feet northwest of Old School.
Dingy’s Howe, broch, Upper Sanday
Archaeological site
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Dingy’s Howe, broch, Upper Sanday is an archaeological site, which is situated 1½ miles east of Old School.
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 2½ miles southwest of Old School.
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 northwest of Old School.
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 Old School.
Old School
- Type: Historic site
- Address: Toab, KW17 2QG
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.92131° or 58° 55′ 17″ northLongitude
-2.82734° or 2° 49′ 38″ westOpen location code
9CCVW5CF+G3OpenStreetMap ID
way 893009963OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yes
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