Mosshouse
Mosshouse is a farm in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Mosshouse is situated nearby to the building Smithy Cottage, Holm, as well as near the archaeological site Blomuir Passage Grave.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Broch of Ayre and Loch of Graemeshall.
Broch of Ayre
Archaeological site
Photo: Mark Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broch of Ayre, also known as St. Mary's Broch, is an Iron Age broch in Orkney, Scotland. Broch of Ayre is situated 1¼ miles south of Mosshouse.
Loch of Graemeshall
Photo: C1614, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Loch of Graemeshall is situated 1 mile southeast of Mosshouse.
Holm, Crearhowe, War Memorial
Memorial
Photo: C1614, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Holm, Crearhowe, War Memorial is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Mosshouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holm and St Mary’s.
Holm
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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.
HMS Royal Oak
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
HMS Royal Oak was one of five Revenge-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Completed in 1916, the ship first saw combat at the Battle of Jutland as part of the Grand Fleet. HMS Royal Oak is situated 3 miles northwest of Mosshouse.
Mosshouse
- Type: Farm
- Category: agriculture
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.91168° or 58° 54′ 42″ northLongitude
-2.90893° or 2° 54′ 32″ westOpen location code
9CCVW36R+MCOpenStreetMap ID
way 896007102OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmyard
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