Howes
Howes is a house in Orkney Islands, Scotland which is located on Aikerskaill Road. Howes is situated nearby to the archaeological site The Howie (Neolithic burial monument), as well as near the place of worship Scarecrow.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Gloup and Black Holm.
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 1½ miles north of Howes.
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 south of Howes.
Braebuster
House
Photo: Mark Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Braebuster is a house, which is situated 2½ miles west of Howes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rerwick Head and Tankerness.
Rerwick Head
Locality
Photo: Adam Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rerwick Head is a locality, which is situated 4½ miles northwest of Howes.
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 4½ miles west of Howes.
Howes
- Type: House
- Address: Aikerskaill Road, Deerness, KW17 2QJ
- Categories: building and residential building
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.93609° or 58° 56′ 10″ northLongitude
-2.72566° or 2° 43′ 32″ westOpen location code
9CCVW7PF+CPOpenStreetMap ID
way 895026781OpenStreetMap feature
building=house
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