What is recorded here

Sanday, Castle Geo, Holms of Ire stands as an unknown natural feature in Orkney, its precise character hidden beneath the sea or buried in time. The Holms of Ire sound like a warning dropped into myth, perhaps marking shallow water that bit back at careless boats. Castle Geo suggests a fortification lost to erosion or forgetting, its stones scattered across the ocean floor. Together they form a place where geography and legend collide, demanding imagination to bridge the gap between what is known and what has vanished.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sanday, Castle Geo, Holms of Ire as Natural Feature (period Unknown). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

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