Burghstone Hill

Burghstone Hill is a house in Orkney Islands, Scotland, which is located on Cannigall Road. Burghstone Hill is situated near the museum HMS Royal Oak Memorial Display, as well as near the park Royal Oak Memorial Garden.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Scapa distillery and Highland Park distillery.

Scapa distillery

Distillery

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Scapa distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery on The Mainland of Orkney, Scotland on the shore of Scapa Flow near the town of Kirkwall. Scapa is the third-northernmost whisky distillery in Scotland, 1⁄2 mile south of the Highland Park Distillery. Scapa distillery is situated 1 mile northwest of Burghstone Hill.

Highland Park distillery

Distillery

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Highland Park distillery is an Island single malt Scotch whisky distillery located in Kirkwall on the Orkney Islands, Scotland. It is the northernmost single malt Scotch whisky distillery. Highland Park distillery is situated 1 mile north of Burghstone Hill.

Fresson memorial, Wideford

Memorial

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Fresson memorial, Wideford is situated 1 mile northeast of Burghstone Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include HMS Royal Oak and St Ola.

HMS Royal Oak

Locality

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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 southwest of Burghstone Hill.

St Ola

Locality

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St Ola is a parish on Mainland, Orkney. It is in the centre of the island, east of the parish Firth and north of Holm. It contains the capital and largest town of the Orkney archipelago, Kirkwall. St Ola is situated 2 miles northwest of Burghstone Hill.

Kirkwall

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Kirkwall is the chief town of the Orkney Islands, which lie off the north tip of mainland Scotland. With a population of about 10,000 in 2020, Kirkwall has accommodation and other amenities and is the obvious base for exploring these islands.

Burghstone Hill

Type: House
Address: Cannigall Road, St Ola, KW15 1SX
Categories: building and residential building
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.95354° or 58° 57′ 13″ north

Longitude

-2.96312° or 2° 57′ 47″ west

Open location code

9CCVX23P+CQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 899980262

OpenStreetMap feature

building=house

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: HMS Royal Oak Memorial Display and Royal Oak Memorial Garden.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Iskeyft and Hillquoy.

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