What is recorded here
A named place photographed at this map point in Orkney Islands.
Roughly 50 meters in height, Hamly Hill is composed of Old Red Sandstone typical of the Orkney Islands. It offers panoramic views of the surrounding Orkney landscape and may have historical significance as a vantage point in the Iron Age.
Places near here
Hamly HillCairn (period Unassigned), Ordnance Survey Control (19th Century) - (20th Century), Water Tank (modern) · 784 yd_-_geograph.org.uk_-_234155.jpg?width=1280)
Former Holm Primary School (now disused)Heritage place · 804 yd
Burrody's HillEnclosed Settlement (prehistoric) · 1038 yd
War Memorial, HolmHeritage place · 1246 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 1538 yd
CanniemyreFarmhouse (post Medieval), Farmstead (post Medieval) · 1.0 mi
GraemeshallNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.4 mi
The Italian ChapelHeritage attraction · 1.9 mi
Bay of SandberBay · 2.3 mi
St Mary's BayBay · 2.3 mi
Control Tower at Kirkwall AirportCastle, fort or tower · 2.7 mi
Holm, St Nicholas ManseNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.8 miOther information
Photo: Ian Balcombe · CC BY-SA 2.0