Castle Bloody, Shapinsay

Name: Castle Bloody
Address: Shapinsay, United Kingdom

#5 among attractions in Shapinsay

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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. Slightly to the north is located the ruined historic Linton Chapel. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 59°1'57"N, 2°48'37"W

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Shapinsay United Kingdom

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Castle Bloody – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Magnus Cathedral, Bishop's Palace, Balfour Castle, Earl's Palace.

6.4 miSW
Striking, 12th-century place of worship
St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall
163 min walk • St Magnus Cathedral dominates the skyline of Kirkwall, the main town of Orkney, a group of islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland.
6.4 miSW
Stately remains of 2 historic castles
Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall
164 min walk • The Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall is a 12th-century palace built at the same time as the adjacent St Magnus Cathedral in the centre of Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. It housed the cathedral's first bishop, William the Old of the Norwegian Catholic church who took his authority from the Archbishop of Nidaros.
3.8 miW
Forts and castles, Gothic Revival architecture
Balfour Castle, Shapinsay
97 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.
6.4 miSW
Historical place, Forts and castles
Earl's Palace, Kirkwall
163 min walk • The Earl's Palace is a ruined Renaissance-style palace near St Magnus's Cathedral in the centre of Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. Built by Patrick, Earl of Orkney, its construction began in 1607 and was largely undertaken via forced labour.
6.3 miSW
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
Orkney Wireless Museum, Kirkwall
160 min walk • The Orkney Wireless Museum in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, houses a collection of domestic and military wireless equipment. It developed from the private collection of the late Jim MacDonald from St Margaret's Hope and marks the importance of wireless communications in Orkney during World War II.
6.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
The Gloup, Mainland
162 min walk • The Gloup is a collapsed sea cave in the Mull Head Nature Reserve in the islands of Orkney, Scotland. The name derives from the Old Norse "gluppa", meaning a chasm. The cave is separated from the sea by a land bridge about 80 metres wide. It is approximately 40 metres long and 25 metres deep.
4.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch of Tankerness, Mainland
117 min walk • Loch of Tankerness is a large, lowland, freshwater loch on the Orkney mainland in Scotland. The loch is roughly triangular in shape and is shallow with a flat bottom that gradually deepens from west to east.
4.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Vasa Loch, Shapinsay
106 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.
3.3 miW
Island
Helliar Holm
85 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.
2.8 miN
Archaeological site
Burroughston Broch, Shapinsay
73 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.
6.4 miSW
Library
Orkney Library & Archive, Kirkwall
165 min walk • Orkney Library and Archive is a Scottish public library service based in Kirkwall, Orkney. Founded in 1683, Orkney Library is the oldest public library in Scotland. Its rules date from 1815. It has become known for its popular, humorous Twitter account.