Rousay Allotments Association
Rousay Allotments Association is an allotment garden in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Rousay Allotments Association is situated nearby to the playground Brinian Play Park, as well as near the museum Rousay Heritage Centre.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wyre and Taversöe Tuick.
Wyre
Island
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wyre is one of the Orkney Islands, lying south-east of Rousay. It is 311 hectares and 32 metres at its highest point. It is one of the smallest inhabited islands in the archipelago.
Taversöe Tuick
Archaeological site
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Taversöe Tuick is a Neolithic burial cairn on Rousay, Orkney, Scotland, thought to date from between 4000 and 2500 BCE. The monument includes a rare example of a double-tiered chamber, an upper chamber approached via a passageway and a lower subterranean chamber, originally separate, which can now be reached via a modern ladder from the upper chamber. Taversöe Tuick is situated 3,000 feet west of Rousay Allotments Association.
Cobbie Row’s Castle
Castle
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cobbie Row's Castle is the oldest medieval castle known to exist in Scotland. The castle ruins are located on the island of Wyre in Orkney. Built in the mid-12 century by Norse landowner, Kolbeinn hrúga, the stone fortification originally consisted of a small, central tower set in an oval enclosure, surrounded by two ditches, a stone wall and an earthen rampart. Cobbie Row’s Castle is situated 1 mile southeast of Rousay Allotments Association.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tingwall and Evie.
Tingwall
Village
Tingwall is a farm and ferry terminal that lies on the north-east coast of Orkney's West Mainland on the Gairsay Sound in the parish of Evie and Rendall. Tingwall is situated 3½ miles southwest of Rousay Allotments Association.
Evie
Village
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Evie is a parish and village on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. The parish is located in the north-west of the Mainland, between Birsay and Rendall, forming the coastline opposite the isle of Rousay. Evie is situated 4 miles southwest of Rousay Allotments Association.
Rendall
Village
Photo: John Comloquoy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rendall is a parish on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It is in the north west of the island and lies east of the parishes of Birsay and Evie and north east of Harray. The island of Gairsay is also in the parish. Rendall is situated 6 miles southwest of Rousay Allotments Association.
Rousay Allotments Association
- Type: Allotment garden
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
59.13126° or 59° 7′ 53″ northLongitude
-2.98906° or 2° 59′ 21″ westOpen location code
9CFV42J6+G9OpenStreetMap ID
way 952125393OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=allotments
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