Eynhallow Sound, Mainland

Name: Eynhallow Sound
Address: Mainland, United Kingdom

#16 among attractions in Mainland

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Eynhallow Sound is a seaway lying between Mainland Orkney and the island of Rousay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The tidal indraught is "scarcely felt beyond a line joining Costa Head and the Reef of Quendale". An Iron Age broch, Gurness, has a strategic outlook over the Eynhallow Sound. ()

Coordinates: 59°7'52"N, 3°4'34"W

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Eynhallow Sound – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Broch of Gurness, Midhowe Chambered Cairn, Blackhammer Chambered Cairn, St Magnus Church.

0.5 miS
History museum, Historical place, Museum
Broch of Gurness, Birsay
14 min walk • The Broch of Gurness is an Iron Age broch village on the northeast coast of Mainland Orkney in Scotland overlooking Eynhallow Sound, about 15 miles north-west of Kirkwall. It once housed a substantial community.
1.9 miNW
Archaeological site
Midhowe Chambered Cairn, Rousay
50 min walk • Midhowe Chambered Cairn is a large Neolithic chambered cairn located on the south shore of the island of Rousay, Orkney, Scotland. The name "Midhowe" comes from the Iron Age broch known as Midhowe Broch, that lies just west of the tomb.
1.8 miE
Archaeological site
Blackhammer Chambered Cairn, Rousay
46 min walk • Blackhammer Chambered Cairn is a Neolithic cairn on Rousay, in Orkney, Scotland. It is a scheduled monument in the care of Historic Environment Scotland. It is thought to date from around 3000 BC.
5.3 miE
Church, Romanesque architecture
St Magnus Church, Egilsay
135 min walk • St Magnus's Church is a medieval church located on the island of Egilsay, in Orkney, Scotland. The site is recognized as the place of execution of Saint Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney, in the 12th century.
2 miNW
Archaeological site
Midhowe Broch, Rousay
52 min walk • Midhowe Broch is an iron-age broch located on the west coast of the island of Rousay in the Orkney Islands, in Scotland.
4.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch of Swannay, Mainland
117 min walk • The Loch of Swannay is the most northerly loch on the mainland of Orkney and lies within the parish of Birsay in the north west of the island. It is an elliptically shaped, freshwater loch and is close to the lochs of Hundland and Boardhouse.
6.4 miNE
Island
Kili Holm
163 min walk • Kili Holm is a tidal island in the Orkney Islands, linked to Egilsay. Unusually, like its neighbour Egilsay, it may have a partly Gaelic etymology, in this case from cille meaning a monk's cell.
4.7 miSW
Watermill
Dounby Click Mill, Mainland
121 min walk • Dounby Click Mill is a mill located on the Mainland of Orkney, in Scotland. It is the last of the horizontal or "Norse" watermills of Orkney still in working order. The mill is constructed with drystone walls and roofed with flagstones and turf.
5.3 miSE
Island
Sweyn Holm
135 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.
1.8 miNW
Church
Eynhallow Church, Eynhallow
45 min walk • Eynhallow Church is a medieval church located on the uninhabited island of Eynhallow in Orkney, Scotland. The church dates back to the 12th-century and is thought to have originally been a monastery.
5.2 miNE
Island
Holm of Scockness
132 min walk • The Holm of Scockness is a small island in the Orkney Islands, between Rousay and Egilsay. It is currently used for grazing. Its name is Norse in origin and means "little island of the crooked headland".