Muckle Ocklester
Muckle Ocklester is a farm in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Muckle Ocklester is situated nearby to the ruins Stonygrind, as well as near the locality Holm.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Italian Chapel and Dingy’s Howe, broch, Upper Sanday.
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 Muckle Ocklester.
Dingy’s Howe, broch, Upper Sanday
Archaeological site
Photo: s allison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dingy’s Howe, broch, Upper Sanday is an archaeological site, which is situated 2 miles east of Muckle Ocklester.
St Nicholas‘ Church, Holm
Church
Photo: Karl Cooper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Nicholas‘ Church, Holm is situated 1½ miles south of Muckle Ocklester.
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 Muckle Ocklester.
Rose Ness
Locality
Photo: Mark Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rose Ness is a locality, which is situated 2½ miles south of Muckle Ocklester.
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 Muckle Ocklester.
Muckle Ocklester
- Type: Farm
- Category: agriculture
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.91143° or 58° 54′ 41″ northLongitude
-2.83894° or 2° 50′ 20″ westOpen location code
9CCVW566+HCOpenStreetMap ID
way 895269897OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmyard
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