What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Faro: Taracliff Bay, Deerness, Orkney, North Sea as Steamship (20th Century)-(1940). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The *Faro* was a 20th-century steamship lost in 1940 near Taracliff Bay, Deerness, Orkney, in the North Sea. Details of the wreck, including the cause of loss, lives or cargo lost, are not recorded, but its remains are noted in Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment.
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Places near here
Muckle CastleDyke (post Medieval), Planticrub (post Medieval), Turf Bank (post Medieval) · 295 yd
Little FeaFarmstead (post Medieval), Horse Engine (post Medieval) · 459 yd
StonehallBurnt Mound (prehistoric)(possible) · 872 yd
MussaquoyBurnt Mound (prehistoric)(possible) · 985 yd
Sandi SandBeach / strand · 1.1 mi
Drain on the beachBeach · 1.2 mi
Deerness DistilleryHeritage attraction · 2.5 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 2.7 mi
Sea cliff at Rose NessCliff or headland · 3.3 mi
Holm, St Nicholas ManseNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 3.3 mi
BreckanNo Class (event) (period Unknown) · 3.3 mi
Covenanters' Memorial, DeernessHeritage place · 3.5 mi