Trumland, Rousay

Name: Trumland
Address: Rousay, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in Rousay

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Trumland is a Category B listed house and associated estate on Rousay, in Orkney, Scotland, built in its present form in the 1870s. Designed by David Bryce, the house was commissioned by Sir F W Traill-Burroughs as a new family home after his marriage to Eliza D’Oyly Geddes in 1870. ()

Coordinates: 59°7'60"N, 2°59'32"W

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Rousay United Kingdom

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

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

3.2 miW
History museum, Historical place, Museum
Broch of Gurness, Birsay
83 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.
4.1 miW
Archaeological site
Midhowe Chambered Cairn, Rousay
105 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.
1.2 miW
Archaeological site
Blackhammer Chambered Cairn, Rousay
31 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.
2.6 miNE
Church, Romanesque architecture
St Magnus Church, Egilsay
67 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.
4.2 miNW
Archaeological site
Midhowe Broch, Rousay
107 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.
3.9 miNE
Island
Kili Holm
101 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.
7.2 miNE
Island
Rusk Holm
184 min walk • Rusk Holm is a small island in the Orkney Islands, near Faray to the west.
3.3 miSE
Island
Sweyn Holm
86 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.
4.6 miW
Church
Eynhallow Church, Eynhallow
118 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.
2.8 miNE
Island
Holm of Scockness
73 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".
6.8 miSE
Archaeological site
Quholm, Shapinsay
175 min walk • 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.

Trumland, Rousay

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