Horraquoy
Horraquoy is a farm in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Horraquoy is situated nearby to the archaeological site The Howie (Neolithic burial monument), as well as near the ruins Netherby.| 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 Horraquoy.
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 2 miles south of Horraquoy.
Corn Holm
Island
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Corn Holm is a small tidal island in Orkney, near Copinsay to the west, off the north-eastern coast of Scotland. There was once a small chapel there, and it is covered in birdlife. Corn Holm is situated 2½ miles south of Horraquoy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tankerness and Rerwick Head.
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 5 miles west of Horraquoy.
Rerwick Head
Locality
Photo: Adam Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rerwick Head is a locality, which is situated 5 miles northwest of Horraquoy.
Horraquoy
- Type: Farm
- Category: agriculture
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.93347° or 58° 56′ 1″ northLongitude
-2.72125° or 2° 43′ 17″ westOpen location code
9CCVW7MH+9GOpenStreetMap ID
way 895026791OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmyard
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