What is recorded here
Castle of Burwick stands in Orkney Islands, Scotland, where a promontory fort left behind ruins instead of a finished castle. The coastline may have done more building than any human hand, pulling stone and soil back into the sea while leaving edges sharp enough to cut memory. People may have watched weather from that ridge, read danger in the water, or simply stood beside the boundary between land and loss.
Castle of Burwick - promontory fort (ruins) is shown as a castle on the public map of Orkney Islands. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
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Places near here
South Ronaldsay, BurwickCircular Enclosure (period Unknown) · 343 yd
South Ronaldsay, Burwick, Foot Ferry TerminalBreakwater (period Unassigned), Ferry Terminal (period Unassigned), Pier (period Unassigned) · 447 yd
South Ronaldsay, St Mary's Church, ChurchyardBurial Ground (post Medieval), Churchyard (post Medieval), Gate (post Medieval) · 527 yd
The Church, Burwick , South Ronaldsay, Orkney IslandsChurch, cross or graveyard · 538 yd
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The lookout tower on Brough NessCastle, fort or tower · 1.0 mi
Cemetery at FlawsChurch, cross or graveyard · 1.6 mi
Olav's WoodWood · 1.8 mi
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Gairy HillMountain / peak · 2.1 mi
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