What is recorded here
Orquil is a head dyke in Orkney Islands, Scotland.
From the Historic Environment Scotland record 182763
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Photo credits
- Ian Balcombe, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Claire Pegrum, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Alan Reid, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Gordon Hatton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- John Comloquoy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Iain Macaulay, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- George Brown, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Graeme Smith, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- James Allan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- David Medcalf, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Wass WickBroch (iron Age) (possible) · 858 yd
North Hackland ChurchChurch (19th Century) · 962 yd
Breck of Rendall Farmhouse, Sw WingFarmhouse · 1239 yd
QueenamuckleBurial Cairn(s) (bronze Age), Cist(s) (bronze Age), Cremation(s) (bronze Age), Cinerary Vessel (steatite)(bronze Age) · 1367 yd
Holm of RendallIslet · 1.3 mi
Rendall Old CemeteryChurch, cross or graveyard · 1.4 mi
Bay of HinderayreBay · 1.5 mi
Gairsay, Langskaill HouseCastle (medieval) · 1.7 mi
Seal SkerryIslet · 1.7 mi
Evie StoneMemorial · 1.7 mi
Wood WickBay · 1.8 mi
West PuldriteNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.9 miMore archaeology and monuments in Orkney Islands · All of Orkney Islands
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