Quholm, Shapinsay

Name: Quholm
Address: Shapinsay, United Kingdom

#6 among attractions in Shapinsay

Archaeological site

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Quholm is a hamlet in the northeast of Shapinsay, in the islands of Orkney, Scotland. William Irving, the father of Washington Irving, noted American author, was born in Quholm. Innsker Beach is situated very close by at the northwest edge of Quholm. Slightly to the south along Shapinsay's northwest coast are located the coastal ayres of Lairo Water and the Ouse situated within Veantro Bay. There are significant archaeological sites not distant from Quholm, including Odin's Stone, Burroughston Broch, Linton Chapel, Castle Bloody and Mor Stein. ()

Coordinates: 59°4'24"N, 2°50'20"W

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Shapinsay United Kingdom

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Quholm – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Balfour Castle, Vasa Loch, Helliar Holm, Burroughston Broch.

4 miSW
Forts and castles, Gothic Revival architecture
Balfour Castle, Shapinsay
102 min walk • Balfour Castle is a historic building on the southwest of Shapinsay, Orkney Islands. Though built around an older structure that dates at least from the 18th century, the present castle was built in 1847, commissioned by Colonel David Balfour, and designed by Edinburgh architect David Bryce.
3.4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Vasa Loch, Shapinsay
87 min walk • Vasa Loch is a brackish lagoon in southwestern Shapinsay, Orkney Islands. This water body has been shown on early maps of the island in a very similar shape and size to its current geometry, separated from the North Sea by a narrow strip of raised beach.
4.2 miSW
Island
Helliar Holm
107 min walk • Helliar Holm is an uninhabited island off the coast of Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. It is home to a 42-foot-tall lighthouse, which was built in 1893 and automated in 1967. It is a tidal island that used to be connected to Shapinsay.
1.3 miE
Archaeological site
Burroughston Broch, Shapinsay
33 min walk • Burroughston Broch is an Iron Age broch located on the island of Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands, in Scotland. The site overlooks the North Sea on the northeast part of Shapinsay.
4.1 miW
Island
Sweyn Holm
106 min walk • Sweyn Holm is a small island in the Orkney Islands, next to Gairsay. It is thought to be named for Sweyn Asleifsson, who was connected with Gairsay or possibly a corruption of "servant's island" in Norse.
2.5 miS
Archaeological site
Mor Stein, Shapinsay
65 min walk • Mor Stein is a neolithic standing stone in the southeastern part of the island of Shapinsay, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Shapinsay is one of the two large inner islands of the Orkney group, and it is situated approximately two miles north of the Orkney Mainland.
3 miS
Archaeological site
Castle Bloody, Shapinsay
77 min walk • Castle Bloody is a prehistoric feature on the island of Shapinsay, Orkney, Scotland. Hogan observes that while the feature is marked as a chambered mound on the UK Ordnance Survey map, the structure is more properly and specifically classified as a souterrain or earth house.
1.6 miSE
Archaeological site
Linton Chapel, Shapinsay
41 min walk • Linton Chapel is a ruined chapel on the east coast of Shapinsay, Orkney. The chapel is thought to date as early as the 12th century AD. Slightly to the south is a megalithic monument, Castle Bloody.
5.5 miNW
Island
Wyre
142 min walk • One of the main attractions on the island is the ancient Viking burial ground, where visitors can learn about the island's Norse heritage and the fascinating history of its early inhabitants. The ruins of the 12th century St.
4.6 miW
Island
Gairsay
117 min walk • Gairsay is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, located in the parish of Rendall, 1.5 miles off the coast, astride one of the approaches to the bays of Firth and Kirkwall.
3.9 miN
Island
Muckle Green Holm
101 min walk • Muckle Green Holm is an uninhabited island in the North Isles of the Orkney archipelago in Scotland. It is roughly 28 hectares in extent and rises to 28 metres above sea level, the summit having a trig point.