What is recorded here
A named place photographed at this map point in Orkney Islands.
Heddle Hill rises to approximately 60 meters and is part of the gently rolling topography typical of the Orkney Islands. Its name may derive from Old Norse, reflecting the area’s Norse heritage, and it contributes to the cultural landscape of Orkney, though specific folklore is not widely recorded.
Places near here
Down Heddle HillMountain or hill · 278 yd
Cemetery, FinstownChurch, cross or graveyard · 340 yd
Chapel in FinstownChurch, cross or graveyard · 380 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 398 yd
Finstown, Old HousesHouse(s) (period Unassigned) · 458 yd
Hill of HeddleBarrow(s) (prehistoric) · 495 yd
The OuseBay · 800 yd
FinstownEnclosure (period Unassigned) · 802 yd
Grimbister from Cuween HillMountain or hill · 1372 yd
Hill of LyradaleMountain / peak · 1.6 mi
Burrien HillMountain / peak · 1.9 mi
BurnessNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.4 miOther information
Photo: Ian Balcombe · CC BY-SA 2.0