Quoys
Quoys is a farm in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Quoys is situated nearby to the community center Deerness Community Centre, as well as near the tourism office The Geo Slipway Interpretation Centre.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Ninian’s Church, Skaill and Black Holm.
St Ninian’s Church, Skaill
Church
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St Ninian’s Church, Skaill is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Quoys.
Black Holm
Islet
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Black Holm is a small tidal island in the Orkney Islands, near Copinsay to the west of Corn Holm off the north-eastern coast of Scotland. Black Holm is situated 2½ miles southeast of Quoys.
The Gloup
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Gloup is a collapsed sea cave in the Mull Head Nature Reserve in the islands of Orkney, Scotland. The name derives from the Old Norse "gluppa", meaning a chasm. The Gloup is situated 2 miles northeast of Quoys.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tankerness and St Andrews.
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 4 miles west of Quoys.
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 4½ miles west of Quoys.
Quoys
- Type: Farm
- Category: agriculture
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.93006° or 58° 55′ 48″ northLongitude
-2.74364° or 2° 44′ 37″ westOpen location code
9CCVW7J4+2GOpenStreetMap ID
way 894402825OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmyard
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