Vigga

Vigga is a farm in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Vigga is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint View Point, as well as near East Mainland Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Nicholas‘ Church, Holm and Italian Chapel.

St Nicholas‘ Church, Holm

Church

Photo: Karl Cooper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Nicholas‘ Church, Holm is situated 3,000 feet southeast of Vigga.

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 1¼ miles southwest of Vigga.

Holm, Crearhowe, War Memorial

Memorial

Photo: C1614, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Holm, Crearhowe, War Memorial is situated 1 mile northwest of Vigga.

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.

Rose Ness

Locality

Photo: Mark Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rose Ness is a locality, which is situated 2 miles southeast of Vigga.

St Mary’s

Village

Photo: Mark Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Mary's is a small village in the parish of Holm on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It was originally a fishing port. Orkney F.C., the island group's main football club, plays its home games at The Rockworks Community Park, St. St Mary’s is situated 2 miles west of Vigga.

Vigga

Type: Farm
Category: agriculture
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.89707° or 58° 53′ 49″ north

Longitude

-2.86063° or 2° 51′ 38″ west

Open location code

9CCVV4WQ+RP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 895677253

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=farmyard

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