Kirkwall Castle

castle in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK

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site, castle, United Kingdom

• Historic Environment Scotland entry^@
• Freebase entry^@
• Google Maps entry^@
• Tripadvisor page^@

Location: 58.9823, -2.9605, ///swimsuits.fewest.swung, Google, Bing, Aerial View, OldMapsOnline, ESRI Imagery, Historic Markers, KML, NLS, OS,  eDoB, 

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Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		Historic Environment Scotland entry@			Wikidata
link		Freebase entry@			Wikidata
link		Google Maps entry@			Wikidata
link		Tripadvisor page@			Wikidata
vessel	1933	RNLB Thomas McCunn			Wikidata
fort		Burray Ness, anti-aircraft battery (WW1), Burray			Wikidata
fort		Golta, World War II Z Battery and Light AA Battery, Flotta			Wikidata
fort		Graemsay Battery, coast battery and camp			Wikidata
fort		Holm Battery, coast artillery battery 195m SW of East Breckan			Wikidata
fort		Houton Head, battery 325m W of Sunnybraes			Wikidata
fort		Hoxa Battery and Balfour Battery, coastal battery complexes, Hoxa Head			Wikidata
fort		Ness Battery, gun emplacements 300m SSE of, Stromness			Wikidata
fort		Ness Battery			Wikidata
fort		Ness Battery			Wikidata
fort		Point of Avelshay, coastal battery, Rousay			Wikidata
fort		Quoy, anti-aircraft battery (WW2) and radar 220m WSW of			Wikidata
fort		Rerwick Head, coastal battery (WW2) and camp			Wikidata
fort		Roan Head, coastal battery and camp (WW1)			Wikidata
fort		Scad Head, coast artillery battery, camp and railway, Hoy			Wikidata
fort		Skerry Battery, coast battery (WW2) 460m NNE of Bu			Wikidata
fort		Stanger Head Battery,Stanger Head			Wikidata
fort		Stromabank Hotel, anti-aircraft battery, radar site and camp 150m NW of			Wikidata
fort		Upper Sower, coastal battery N of, Clestrain			Wikidata
fort		Wasswick Battery, coastal battery complex 400m E of Queenamuckle			Wikidata
museum	1990	Scapa Flow Museum	tripadvisor		Wikidata
tower	1812	Crockness Martello Tower			Wikidata
tower	1815	Hackness Martello Tower and Battery	tripadvisor		Wikidata