Grandon
Grandon is a farm in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Grandon is situated nearby to Finstown Post Office, as well as near the locality Firth.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Finstown Mill and Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn.
Finstown Mill
Watermill
Photo: Mark Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Finstown Mill is a watermill, which is situated 880 feet northwest of Grandon.
Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn
Archaeological site
Photo: Adrazahl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn is a Neolithic chambered cairn on Mainland, the main island of Orkney, Scotland, about 6 miles west of Kirkwall. It dates to around 3000 BC, and is similar in design to Maeshowe, but on a smaller scale. Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn is situated 1 mile southeast of Grandon.
Buckle’s Tower
Tower
Buckle's Tower is a historic stone-built tower upon the Hill of Heddle in Firth, Orkney. The tower was originally built sometime during the 1870s by a local shepherd boy named William Buckle who watched the sheep on the Hill of Heddle. Buckle’s Tower is situated 3,800 feet southwest of Grandon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Firth and Finstown.
Firth
Locality
Firth is a civil parish mainly on Mainland, Orkney. The islands of Damsay and Holm of Grimbister, which lie in the Bay of Firth, are also in the parish.
Finstown
Village
Photo: Mark Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Finstown is a village in the parish of Firth on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It is the fourth-largest settlement in the Orkney Islands. According to travel author Eric Linklater, the homes in Finstown are tidy and well cared for.
Harray
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harray is an Orcadian parish and village on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom. The village is near the Loch of Harray and was used by the Vikings for waterway transportation and Old Norse was spoken in the area up until the 1700s. Harray is situated 3 miles northwest of Grandon.
Grandon
- Type: Farm
- Category: agriculture
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
59.00922° or 59° 0′ 33″ northLongitude
-3.12053° or 3° 7′ 14″ westOpen location code
9CFR2V5H+MQOpenStreetMap ID
way 990094478OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmyard
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