Cringliefield (ruins)
Cringliefield (ruins) is a ruins in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Cringliefield (ruins) is situated nearby to the ruins Hilltoft, as well as near Hillhead.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Italian Chapel and Holm, Crearhowe, War Memorial.
Italian Chapel
Church
Photo: Gregory J Kingsley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Italian Chapel is a highly ornate Catholic chapel on Lamb Holm in Orkney, Scotland. It was built during the Second World War by Italian prisoners of war, who were housed on the previously uninhabited island while they constructed the Churchill Barriers to the east of Scapa Flow. Italian Chapel is situated 2½ miles southwest of Cringliefield (ruins).
Holm, Crearhowe, War Memorial
Memorial
Photo: C1614, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Holm, Crearhowe, War Memorial is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Cringliefield (ruins).
St Nicholas‘ Church, Holm
Church
Photo: Karl Cooper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Nicholas‘ Church, Holm is situated 2 miles south of Cringliefield (ruins).
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holm and St Andrews.
Holm
Locality
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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 Andrews
Locality
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St Andrews is a parish on Mainland, Orkney in Scotland. It is located east of the town of Kirkwall and the parish of St Ola and lies north of Holm and west of Deerness. St Andrews is situated 2½ miles north of Cringliefield (ruins).
Tankerness
Village
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Tankerness is a district in the St Andrews parish in Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. Essentially a peninsula, it is about 13 kilometres south-east of Kirkwall and 1 kilometre east of Kirkwall Airport. Tankerness is situated 2½ miles north of Cringliefield (ruins).
Cringliefield (ruins)
- Type: Ruins
- Address: St Andrews
- Category: building
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.91889° or 58° 55′ 8″ northLongitude
-2.85904° or 2° 51′ 33″ westOpen location code
9CCVW49R+H9OpenStreetMap ID
way 948848695OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruins
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