Old quarry
Old quarry is a quarry in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Old quarry is situated nearby to the peak Fea Hill, as well as near the locality Rerwick Head.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Loch of Tankerness.
Loch of Tankerness
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Loch of Tankerness is a large, lowland, freshwater loch on the Orkney mainland in Scotland. The loch is roughly triangular in shape and is shallow with a flat bottom that gradually deepens from west to east. It lies approximately 4 mi southeast of Kirkwall. Loch of Tankerness is situated 1 mile southwest of Old quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rerwick Head and Tankerness.
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 2 miles southwest of Old quarry.
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 southwest of Old quarry.
Old quarry
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.97329° or 58° 58′ 24″ northLongitude
-2.81983° or 2° 49′ 11″ westOpen location code
9CCVX5FJ+83OpenStreetMap ID
way 971006490OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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