What is recorded here

The Castle is shown as a named rock on the public map of Orkney Islands. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.

The Castle is a prominent sea cliff or coastal rock feature located in the Orkney Islands, composed primarily of Old Red Sandstone, dating to the Devonian period (approximately 400–360 million years ago). It formed through sedimentary deposition and subsequent uplift, and is notable as a named landmark on historical and public maps of the region.

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