What is recorded here
Map note: Near Deerness, Orkney Islands, Scotland, the map records Viking Settlement as an ancient site. There is no need to invent a lost kingdom to make the name interesting.
From OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) n8319736833
Places near here
Photo credits
- Bill Boaden, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.atlasobscura.com
- Rog Frost, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, uk.pinterest.com
- Peter Amsden, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Anne Burgess, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- David Wyatt, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Ian Balcombe, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Skaill, St Ninian's ChurchChurch (19th Century) · 162 yd
Skaill, St Ninian's Church, War MemorialWar Memorial (20th Century) · 177 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 179 ydSkaill, St Ninian's Church, ChurchyardBurial Ground (post Medieval), Churchyard (post Medieval) · 192 yd
Skaill Church, Orkney MainlandChurch, cross or graveyard · 218 yd
Edmund Castle: Deerness, Orkney, North SeaShip (19th Century) · 584 yd
SandsideLairds House (17th Century) · 636 yd
Deerness DistilleryHeritage attraction · 917 ydExplorer Tom Deerness Distillery looks towards the Orkney coast from Newhall, a fine place to make a drink and an even finer place…
BreckanNo Class (event) · 1681 yd
Covenanters' Memorial, DeernessHeritage place · 1.5 mi
Boulder storm beachBeach · 1.7 mi
Boulder beachBeach · 1.7 miMore archaeology and monuments in Orkney Islands · All of Orkney Islands
What do you know about this place?Tap to add a comment or ask a question