Banavie

Banavie is a house in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Banavie is situated nearby to the archaeological site Netherbutton RAF Radar Station [WW2], as well as near the security checkpoint RAF Netherbutton Radar Station Gatehouse [WW2].

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Broch of Ayre and Howa.

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 2 miles south of Banavie.

Howa

House

Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Howa is a house, which is situated 1 mile south of Banavie.

Holm, Crearhowe, War Memorial

Memorial

Photo: C1614, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Holm, Crearhowe, War Memorial is situated 2½ miles southeast of Banavie.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include HMS Royal Oak and St Mary’s.

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 2 miles west of Banavie.

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 south of Banavie.

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. Holm is situated 2½ miles southeast of Banavie.

Banavie

Type: House
Address: Holm, KW17 2RZ
Categories: building and residential building
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.92532° or 58° 55′ 31″ north

Longitude

-2.9349° or 2° 56′ 6″ west

Open location code

9CCVW3G8+42

OpenStreetMap ID

way 897239552

OpenStreetMap feature

building=house

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