Mine Howe, Mainland

Name: Mine Howe
Address: Mainland, United Kingdom

#10 among attractions in Mainland

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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. The origin of the howe is not perfectly understood. Experts believe that it was built roughly 2000 years ago during the Iron Age. There is some similarity to the well inside the Iron Age Broch of Gurness. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 58°56'24"N, 2°51'0"W

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Mine Howe – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Italian Chapel, The Pickaquoy Centre, St Magnus Cathedral, Bishop's Palace.

3.7 miS
Unique Catholic chapel built by POWs
Italian Chapel, Lamb Holm
96 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.
5.3 miNW
Outdoor activities, Arenas and stadiums, Sport venue
The Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall
136 min walk • The Pickaquoy Centre is a multi-use leisure centre in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. The arena has 1,600-seat stands, and can be condensed and used as a sports hall, with room for two five a side football pitches.
4.8 miNW
Striking, 12th-century place of worship
St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall
124 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.
4.8 miNW
Stately remains of 2 historic castles
Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall
123 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.
4.8 miNW
Historical place, Forts and castles
Earl's Palace, Kirkwall
123 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.
5 miNW
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
Orkney Wireless Museum, Kirkwall
127 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.
5.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
The Gloup, Mainland
130 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.
2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch of Tankerness, Mainland
51 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.
5 miNW
Library
Orkney Library & Archive, Kirkwall
127 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.
5.1 miW
Distillery, Whiskey distillery
Scapa distillery, Kirkwall
130 min walk • Scapa distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery on The Mainland of Orkney, Scotland on the shore of Scapa Flow near the town of Kirkwall. Scapa is the second-northernmost whisky distillery in Scotland, 1⁄2 mile south of the Highland Park Distillery.
3.9 miSW
Memorial
Broch of Ayre, Mainland
101 min walk • Broch of Ayre, also known as St. Mary's Broch, is an Iron Age broch in Orkney, Scotland.