Hilltoft
Hilltoft is a ruins in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Hilltoft is situated nearby to Cringliefield (ruins), as well as near the ruins Hillhead.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mine Howe and Italian Chapel.
Mine Howe
Archaeological site
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mine Howe is an Iron Age subterranean man-made chamber dug 6 meters deep inside a large mound. It is located in the Tankerness area of Orkney, Scotland, about 5 miles southeast of Kirkwall, the capital of Orkney. Mine Howe is situated 1½ miles north of Hilltoft.
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 2 miles southwest of Hilltoft.
Sebay Mill
House
Photo: David Wyatt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sebay Mill is a house, which is situated 1 mile northeast of Hilltoft.
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 Hilltoft.
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 Hilltoft.
Hilltoft
- Type: Ruins
- Address: St Andrews
- Category: building
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.9183° or 58° 55′ 6″ northLongitude
-2.85962° or 2° 51′ 35″ westOpen location code
9CCVW49R+85OpenStreetMap ID
way 948848696OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruins
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