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Glims Holm

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Glims Holm

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Glimps Holm or Glims Holm is a small uninhabited islet in Orkney, Scotland. ()

Alternative names: Area: 0.39 mi²Coordinates: 58°52'39"N, 2°54'54"W

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ScotlandUnited Kingdom

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Glims Holm – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Italian Chapel, Mine Howe, Burray, Hunda.

1.3 miNE
Unique Catholic chapel built by POWs
Italian Chapel, Lamb Holm
32 min walk • The Italian Chapel is a highly ornate Catholic chapel on Lamb Holm in the Orkney Islands. It was built during World War II by Italian prisoners of war, who were housed on the previously uninhabited island while they constructed the Churchill Barriers to the east of Scapa Flow.
4.9 miNE
Archaeological site
Mine Howe, Mainland
125 min walk • Mine Howe is an Iron Age subterranean man-made chamber dug 6 meters deep inside a large mound. It is located in the Tankerness area of Orkney, Scotland, about 5 miles southeast of Kirkwall, the capital of Orkney.
2.3 miS
Island
Burray
60 min walk • Burray is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland. It lies to the east of Scapa Flow and is one of a chain of islands linked by the Churchill Barriers.
2.9 miSW
Island
Hunda
74 min walk • Hunda is an uninhabited island in the Orkney archipelago in Scotland. It is 100 hectares in extent and rises to 42 metres above sea level.
1.3 miN
Memorial
Broch of Ayre, Mainland
34 min walk • Broch of Ayre, also known as St. Mary's Broch, is an Iron Age broch in Orkney, Scotland.
4.1 miS
58°49'18"N • 2°57'19"W
South Ronaldsay & Burray Agricultural Society, South Ronaldsay
105 min walk • Memorial