Midhouse Cottage

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

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Howa and Broch of Ayre.

Howa

House

Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Howa is a house, which is situated 1,800 feet southwest of Midhouse Cottage.

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 1½ miles south of Midhouse Cottage.

Loch of Graemeshall

Photo: C1614, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Loch of Graemeshall is situated 2 miles southeast of Midhouse Cottage.

Places in the Area

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

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 1½ miles southeast of Midhouse Cottage.

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 northwest of Midhouse Cottage.

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 2 miles east of Midhouse Cottage.

Midhouse Cottage

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

58.9168° or 58° 55′ 1″ north

Longitude

-2.93645° or 2° 56′ 11″ west

Open location code

9CCVW387+PC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 898047868

OpenStreetMap feature

building=house

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include RAF Netherbutton Radar Station Gatehouse [WW2] and Netherbutton RAF Radar Station [WW2].

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