What is recorded here
A named place photographed at this map point in Orkney Islands.
Roughly 116 meters high, the SW top of Ward Hill is part of a basaltic formation typical of the volcanic geology of the Orkney Islands. It matters as a topographic feature within the Ward Hill complex, which is significant for its Iron Age broch and archaeological remains.
Places near here
SE Ridge of Ward HillMountain or hill · 448 yd
Mountain Hares, HoyMountain or hill · 578 yd
Trowie GlenSculpture (modern) · 967 yd
Dwarfie StaneHeritage attraction · 1056 yd
Ward HillMountain / peak · 1496 yd
Ward Hill, Hoy - summit cairnAncient tomb or cairn · 1518 yd
QuoynessSearchlight Emplacement (second World War) · 1.3 mi
Bay of QuoysBay · 1.4 mi
Hoy, Hoy LodgeGate Pier(s) (19th Century), Lairds House (post Medieval), Wall(s) (19th Century) · 1.7 mi
Knap of TrowieglenMountain / peak · 1.7 mi
Bay of CreeklandBay · 2.0 mi
Berriedale Wood, HoyForest or wood · 2.3 miOther information
Photo: Calum McRoberts · CC BY-SA 2.0