What is recorded here
A named place photographed at this map point in Orkney Islands.
Approaching Ward Hill is a low-lying feature in the Orkney Islands, likely no more than a few meters high, with no significant prominence. Its name may derive from local landscape orientation or historical navigation references, though specific folklore or geological details are not widely recorded. It matters as a subtle but identifiable landmark in the Orkney's rich archaeological and cultural landscape.
Places near here
Leaving Ward Hill on HoyMountain or hill · 465 yd
Mountain Hares, HoyMountain or hill · 512 yd
Ward Hill, Hoy - summit cairnAncient tomb or cairn · 686 yd
Trowie GlenSculpture (modern) · 1.1 mi
Bay of QuoysBay · 1.1 mi
Sandy LochSearchlight Emplacement (second World War) · 1.1 mi
Dwarfie StaneHeritage attraction · 1.1 mi
Hoy, Hoy LodgeGate Pier(s) (19th Century), Lairds House (post Medieval), Wall(s) (19th Century) · 1.2 mi
Bay of CreeklandBay · 1.6 mi
Berriedale Wood, HoyForest or wood · 2.1 mi
Strathelliot: Taing of Selwick, Hoy, Hoy Sound, OrkneySteam Trawler (20th Century)-(1952) · 2.4 mi
The Old SchoolMuseum · 2.5 miOther information
Photo: Calum McRoberts · CC BY-SA 2.0