Caldene
Caldene is a house in Orkney Islands, Scotland which is located on Old Finstown Road. Caldene is situated nearby to the military installation Caldale Airship Station (WW1);Caldale Vehicle And Balloon Maintenance Depot (WW2)(disused, as well as near the peak Wideford Hill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wideford Hill chambered cairn and St Magnus Cathedral.
Wideford Hill chambered cairn
Archaeological site
Photo: David Wyatt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wideford Hill chambered cairn is a Neolithic chambered cairn on Mainland, Orkney in Scotland. The tomb dates to around 2000 BC, and is similar in design to the Maeshowe chambered cairn on Orkney. Wideford Hill chambered cairn is situated 1 mile northwest of Caldene.
St Magnus Cathedral
Church
Photo: Robert Scarth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Magnus Cathedral is a Church of Scotland parish church in Kirkwall, the main town of Orkney, a group of islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland. St Magnus Cathedral is situated 2 miles east of Caldene.
Rennibister Earth House
Archaeological site
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rennibister Earth House is an Iron Age underground structure known as a souterrain. It is located on the Mainland of Orkney, in Scotland. The monument was discovered in 1926 when a threshing machine caused the roof to collapse. Rennibister Earth House is situated 1½ miles northwest of Caldene.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Ola and Kirkwall.
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.
Kirkwall
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
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 3½ miles south of Caldene.
Caldene
- Type: House
- Address: Old Finstown Road, St Ola, KW15 1TR
- Categories: building and residential building
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.97848° or 58° 58′ 43″ northLongitude
-3.01815° or 3° 1′ 5″ westOpen location code
9CCRXXHJ+9POpenStreetMap ID
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Caldale Airship Station (WW1);Caldale Vehicle And Balloon Maintenance Depot (WW2)(disused and Wideford Hill.
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